More than 60 students of Balata High School in Vatukoula are unable to attend classes daily and cannot bring lunch to school because their parents who are now unemployed cannot afford to send them to school.
School Vice Principal, Pusp Sharma said out of the 250 students, close to sixty students are not bringing lunch and are attending classes only once or twice a week.
Sharma said some of these students urgently need assistance.
The Vice Principal has also confirmed that they are talking with other students to help the needy students by sharing lunch and other items with them.
Another Secondary School situated in Vatukoula, the Nielson High School has also confirmed that bus fare and bringing lunch to school is a major problem.
Vice Principal, Sera Lockington said students' parents who do not have jobs are facing a lot of difficulties.
Meanwhile, about 30 students from Vatukoula Convent Primary are given breakfast and lunch every morning by the school teachers in an effort to encourage them to come to school everyday.
School headteacher, Ledua Niubalavu said many of these students come from families that do not even have money to put food on the table and the school gathers donation from other families and people abroad. He said with the money collected that buy the cheapest food like noodles, tuna and biscuits.
Needy Students Provided With Breakfast, Lunch
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