Student nutrition boost

JAMAICA’S efforts to digitally transform education are advancing through a United Nations-supported initiative that is helping schools better understand and respond to the nutritional needs of students.

Under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Joint Programme on Digital Transformation for Education, United Nations partners are supporting the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information with the creation of an integrated digital education ecosystem through six pillars: digital learning, digital schools, teacher transformation, digital school feeding and nutrition, digital food systems and data governance.

A central focus is the integration of student nutrition data into the Education Management Information System (EMIS), enabling more evidence-based decision-making for school feeding and student well-being.