More municipalities in Portugal are offering free meals to students, in a growing trend of family support.
Vila Real and Montalegre will begin implementing this measure this school year.
Both municipalities will proceed with a gradual extension process of the measure, meaning the free meals will be introduced progressively.
This initiative comes in the context of social and educational support policies for students and their families.
The students and families of these municipalities directly benefit from this measure, which eliminates a significant expense for households. The municipalities thus take on the responsibility of ensuring adequate nutrition for students, following a national trend of combating food insecurity in schools.
This is our short summary of a report published by CNN Portugal on 15 September 2026 at 07:44; the full text stays with the publisher. In our feed it sits under Politics, and it concerns Vila Real. We currently carry 30067 items in that section.
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