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Schools that have to prepare meals for students every day are also difficult.

It is not easy to maintain the current diet with the existing budget as the price of meat and vegetables are all rising.



This content was covered by reporter Jeong Da-eun.



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An elementary school cafeteria in Seoul.

Lunch is in full swing.



[I'm making egg rolls right now, and I'm making kimchi stew with pork right now in a pot...

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Soaring prices have made it difficult to plan a meal plan.



Pork, which was brought in at 11,000 won per kg two months ago, jumped about 4,000 won last month.



[Sun Mo / Elementary School Nutritionist: Sometimes I change what I need to eat beef with pork, and the price is different for each part, so I change the part a little...

In the second semester, there is Chuseok, so it's probably more difficult.] I



often include fish, which are cheaper than meat, in my diet, and I sometimes switch to grilling instead of frying to save cooking oil.



I am concerned that my children's nutritional intake will be reduced.



[Jeong Myeong-ok / Elementary school nutritionist: I prefer meat (rather than fish), but if the number of fish increases from one to two servings, there is a risk that the intake rate will decrease a bit…

To meet the first semester level, (food cost) has to go up by 6% to 10%.]



The school lunch budget is shared by the Office of Education and local governments, and the Seoul Office of Education decided to raise the cost of food for the second semester in consultation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and 25 autonomous districts.



Each meal increases by 130 won for elementary schools and 161 won and 169 won for middle and high schools, but it is not enough to meet the increase in material cost.



[Oh Jung-hoon / Head of Sports, Health, Culture and Arts Division, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education: It can be evaluated that it does not reach 6% or 9% of the price increase.

From January to May, the average increase rate of food-related agricultural, livestock, and processed food was obtained from the Consumer Price Index.]



Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, etc.



However, some local governments have a difficult financial situation, and some point out that government measures are necessary to secure the quality of meals.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Choi Eun-jin)



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