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The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) is a government programme for poverty alleviation, specifically initiated to uphold the rights of children to basic food and education. |
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The NSNP is funded by a conditional grant from the national Department of Basic Education (DBE). |
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The current legal framework for this grant is spelled out in the Division of Revenue Act (DoRA), Gazette No. 36581 dated June 2013. |
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NSNP school management and the NSNP District Co-ordinator are expected to ensure that processes for monitoring the delivery of NSNP to schools are effectively implemented. These would include, amongst others, the reconciling of monthly transactions. |
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NSNP district officials need to monitor compliance with the minimum requirements applicable to the implementation of the NSNP as set out in Circular 0015/2014. |
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This minute serves to confirm that NSNP district and provincial officials are mandated to perform unannounced visits to schools in order to perform their duties, which include monitoring. |
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The school principal, as the accounting officer, is responsible for the overall management of the programme at the school (Circular 0015/2014, 2.3). |
SIGNED: J H LYNERS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT & CO-ORDINATION
DATE: 2014:11:04
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