British Schools Consider Banning Packed Lunches

A ban on bringing packed lunches to school is being considered by Britain's top educational Official.

A ban on bringing packed lunches to school is being considered by Britain's top educational Official. A consideration is also being made as to where cooking lessons should be made compulsory for children aged 7 to 14.

The government aims to ensure that students can make up to 20 dishes, the Daily Mail reported.

Kids� Packed Lunches Fail to Meet School Meal Nutritional Standards
Only one per cent of primary schoolchildren’s packed lunches meet the nutritional standards set for school meals in England.

Education Secretary Michael Gove is considering a ban on packed lunches as part of the battle against child obesity.

A fast food chain has been tasked with the campaign for preparing better school meals.

The campaign wants pupils to be banned from bringing in packed lunches or leaving the school at lunchtime, at a time when only 40 percent of children eat school meals.

In Mauritius School 100 Kids Fall Ill After Lunch
Officials said that more than 100 primary school students fell ill Thursday after having lunch at their school in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius.

It suggested that parents should spend the two billion pounds that annually goes on packed lunches on school meals instead.

The campaign said the majority of packed lunches are normally a sandwich, chocolate bar, packet of crisps and an apple, which is often put back in the lunchbox again and again even when brought home by pupils.