Indonesia places a $28bn bet on free school meals
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Indonesia launches free meal program to combat kids, pregnant women malnutrition
Indonesia’s new government has begun an ambitious project to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women that is expected to cost $28 billion through 2029, although ...ABC News - 2d -
'Unfair' to call parents into school to change nappies
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Apple executives discuss potential investment in Indonesia
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Schools bill risks harming decades of progress in England
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Is it true that … breakfast is the most important meal of the day?
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Devils Place Defenseman On Waivers
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The Shame That Keeps Millions of Girls Out of School
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Charges of Police Shakedown at Rave Lift Lid on Corruption in Indonesia
Action was taken to rein in rampant corruption two decades ago, but there are growing signs the world’s fourth-most populous country is losing the fight.The Wall Street Journal - 6d -
Why is VAT being added to private school fees?
The government says the rule change will raise £460m extra to spend in state schools in 2024/25.BBC News - Jan. 1
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