Milk - which contains more then 15 essential nutrients - should not only be continued to be supplied to the current schools, but extended to all schools.

Allergic reactions to milk, which affect about one percent of adults and three percent of children, can easily by identified by doctors and alternate nutrition provided.

Expanding the milk programme in our schools will greatly assist in further developing the local dairy industry by providing farmers with a stable market and long-term income security. This can eventually lead to self-sufficiency in milk and milk products in the country...

Local dairy companies and cooperatives should be set up in districts and fresh milk supplied to schools within the area. This will eliminate milk spoilage as there will be no storage of milk in schools.

Using the milk supply programme to develop the diary industry will also help increase the contribution of the agricultural sector to the national economy.