Parents are always concerned about whether the safety and nutrition of the food for students in schools can be guaranteed. Recently, China's Ministry of Education, State Administration for Market Regulation, and National Health Commission have jointly issued the Regulations on the Administration of Food Safety and Nutritional Health in Schools (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). It requires that relevant responsible persons of China's middle schools, primary schools and kindergartens should dine with students in canteens each school day and make records to timely find and solve the problems that have arisen in the dinning time. And some schools can even establish the "parents dining with students" system if possible. How is it going with its implementation since the Regulations took effect on April 1?
"Eat more vegetables and have a balanced diet." "Would you like more rice?" At about 11:20, students of Fudan Experimental High School came to the canteen for lunch. At this moment, Zhang Tianlan, the school's principal, also came there. After inspecting the canteen, she went to the dining room window to line up for dinner and then chatted with students during the dining time. Ye Er'ran, a junior student, said he was satisfied with the food and delighted to have the principals and teachers dine with them. He said, "The policy of dinning with students provides us more opportunities to timely communicate with the principal and teachers on our problems."
In addition to dinning with students, the teachers who dine with students also inspect the canteen and make records before and after the meal. Gu Min, Director of Moral Education in the school, said, "Teachers should record the menu, their comments on the meal, and suggestions for improvement, and then send the feedback to the person in charge of the canteen."
In some schools of Yangpu District, parents also dine with their children every week.
A few days ago, Jianshe Primary School in the district invited Shen Jun, a parent of the school's student, to dine with the students. Shen Jun tasted all the dishes on that day, including red-braised pork, tomato and egg stir-fry, stir-fried vegetables and mushroom and egg soup. Shen said, "As a member of the school's Family Council, I have visited the school's canteen before. It's my first time to dine with students, and that's really interesting. When parents dine with students in the school, they can not only learn more about the school's dining environment and quality in person but comfort other parents by sharing what they have experienced with them."
Zhang Lifang, Principal of Jianshe Primary School, said, "Our school introduced the policy of dining with students a few years ago. After issuing the Regulations, we started to invite parents to oversee the canteen's work. They eat what the students eat and directly give suggestions on our canteen. In the future, we will arrange a 'parent dining with students' activity every week, which will allow the parents to oversee the canteen together with the school, thus ensuring the food safety and nutrition of the meal."