Free meals are provided in grades 1-2 of the city's schools

More than 2000 pupils of the first and second grades of schools in Balkhash will have an opportunity for free food. Since February 1, about 1200 first-graders have been provided with free meals. From February 3, pupils of the 2nd grade will also join this list. Local budget gave 198 million tenge for that. The amount of money for each student is 300 tenge per day.
Also, 250 million tenge was transferred from the Universal Education Fund for thousands of children from socially vulnerable groups to provide hot meals. Work with applications is going on.