Daegu Office of Education Selects 14 Outstanding Healthy School Meal Schools Including Wolbae Elementary, Sawol Elementary, and Dongchon Middle School

Comprehensive Evaluation Based on Six Criteria Including Nutrition
Special Meals Provided to Selected Schools

The Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Kang Eunhee) announced on August 4 that it has selected 14 schools as the "Outstanding Healthy School Meal Schools for the First Half of 2025."

This initiative is conducted twice a year, in the first and second halves, to discover and spread exemplary meal service practices based on menus recommended by school community members, and to improve the overall quality of school meals.

School Meal Service at Namdong Elementary School in Daegu Selected as an Excellent Health Meal School

For the first half of this year, a variety of stakeholders?including school meal staff, students, parents, and faculty?participated in the recommendation process, resulting in the submission of 153 menus from 57 schools.

The Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education conducted a comprehensive evaluation based on six criteria: nutrition, hygiene, palatability, cost-effectiveness, and others. As a result, 14 schools were selected: Daecheong Elementary School, Seobyeon Elementary School, Seochon Elementary School, Yonggye Elementary School, Wolbae Elementary School, Hyomyeong Elementary School, Techno Elementary School, Namdong Elementary School, Sawol Elementary School, Waryong Middle School, Dongchon Middle School, Daegu Science and Technology High School, Irum High School, and Namyang School.

The selected schools will receive support of 1,200 won per student to provide special meals. In addition, each school meal staff member will be given an Onnuri gift certificate worth 100,000 won. The selection will also be reflected in eligibility for various training programs and awards conducted by the Office of Education. Furthermore, students, parents, and staff members who recommended the selected menus will be awarded an Onnuri gift certificate worth 50,000 won.

The menus from the outstanding schools will be produced as cooking videos and shared with all schools. They will also be registered as common menus in the NICE meal service system, so that other schools can utilize them when planning their own menus.

Daegu Hyomyung Elementary School Meal Selected as an Excellent School for Healthy School Meals

Kang Eunhee, Superintendent of Daegu, stated, "Healthy school meals are an important part of children's growth," and added, "We will actively support the discovery and sharing of menus based on on-site participation to further improve the quality of school meals across all schools in Daegu."

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