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School serves substandard lunches

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The quality of lunches in a Trang school has been found to be substandard, according to the results of a check by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

An NACC team visited a school in tambon Paak Jaem, where students were reportedly served poor-quality lunches.

The school has 250 students in kindergarten to Matthayom 3.

The government provides a budget of 22 baht per student lunch.

It was reported that the NACC found the cook prepared the lunches onsite, using the school's electricity and running water, despite a contract stating that meals must be prepared outside and be brought to the school ready to eat.

The agency said it discovered the school had also made a record of the cook "donating" 300 baht per day towards water and electricity costs.

On the day of the NACC inspection, the school wrote to the board that each student's lunch consisted of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and pork, chicken soup and a banana.

Inspectors found that the portion of pork and chicken was small, with guava substituted for bananas.

The inspectors said students there were not receiving sufficient nutrition.

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