A school meal or school lunch also known as hot lunch or school dinner or even breakfast) is a meal, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day, provided to students at school. All countries all over the world have one or the other kind of school meal programme.
Millions of children from all standards and grades get their meals at their respective school everyday. Scientifically and medically school meals are regarded as a very essential component for the upbringing and growth of children. School meals provide high energy food with high nutritional values for free or at economical rates. The benefits of School meal varies from country to country. While in developed countries the school meal is a source to provide nutritious meals, in developing countries it is an incentive to send children to school and continue their education. However, in underdeveloped countries school meal would mean food security at the times of crisis, school meal would form a base to support children to become healthy and productive adults, thus breaking the cycle of poverty and hunger. In all the cases school meal allows the children to focus on their studies.Trends, nutritional values and economics have influenced menus. In recent years, some schools have served breakfasts in the morning before school starts. Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic and Estonia are among few countries which provide free school meals to all pupils in compulsory education regardless of their ability to pay.A free school meal is a school meal provided to a student during a school break at no cost. Some countries, such as Sweden, Finland and Estonia, provide these to all school children regardless of their ability to pay Many governments in developing countries are increasingly implementing free school meals to improve attendance rates and reduce malnutrition, through school feeding in low-income countries.In high income countries, free school meals are usually available to those who are eligible - because they come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds (with the exception of Australia where free school meals are not available). Reduced price meals are also available in some countries to those who need a degree of assistance with costs (in countries such as the Republic of Ireland, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan and the U.S.A
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