Sri Lanka

Member since

January 2022

1.08 Million

Total children receiving school meals

1.62 Million

Children enrolled in primary school

33.13 Million

Total investment in school meals (USD)

Figures reflect the latest available data from the State of School Feeding Worldwide report, national reporting and global sources. Governments may update data more frequently, so values may differ from most recent national statistics. Reference year, source and further details are available in the School Meals Coalition Global Database.

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National Commitments

Commitment submitted on
September 2023
Declaration signed by the Ministry of Education

• Reach universal coverage of primary school children in public schools by 2026 and extend the school meals programme to the public secondary schools by 2030.
• Scale up the home-grown school feeding programme with 70% of food sourced locally by 2025.
• Ensure that all schools are up to the national WASH promotion standard by 2026.
• Develop and implement a national school health policy by 2024.
• Develop a country case value for money study with the support of the School Meals Coalition’s Research Consortium by 2025.
• Implement a digitalization strategy and tool to monitor the national school health policy at all levels by 2026.
• Mandatory inclusion of fortified rice for the national school meal programme for all meals containing rice.

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Resources

Report

Education & Learning Health & Nutrition

Our Meals, Our Voice: Children Speak on School Meals

Coalition partner World Vision undertook a School Meals Child-led Research project ahead of the School Meals Coalition Summit in Brazil, 18-19 September 2025, where over 1,000 children in 13 countries shared their school meals experience. These findings are available in this Global Report, and 13 Country-Level Reports: Brazil, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Lebanon, Indonesia, Malawi, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Advocacy & Policy briefs

School Meals Financing Supporting Families

Prioritizing debt relief conditional on investing in human capital

This policy brief advocates for debt relief conditioned on investments in human capital, particularly in school meal programs. It discusses the potential of converting debt into human capital investments to alleviate food insecurity, improve education, and promote sustainable development. The brief emphasizes the importance of prioritizing human capital investments in response to global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict, and climate change.

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