Angara leads bigger school-based feeding program with 2026 budget hike

MANILA, Philippines  — The Senate-approved 2026 education budget delivers one of the largest nutrition increases to date, raising DepEd’s school feeding coverage to 4.49 million learners and making Kindergarten and Grade 1 feeding universal for the first time. With ₱28.66 billion allocated to the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) —more than double last year—the daily feeding