THE National Federation of Dairy Farmers and Stakeholders’ Association (Dairy NatFed) has asked Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara to allow the National Dairy Authority (NDA) to handle the Department of Education’s (DepEd) milk feeding program to make its implementation more efficient.
Dairy NatFed said in a statement on Sunday it formalized its request to Angara in a letter dated last October 4
The group said delegating the program to the NDA would relieve DepEd staff and public school teachers of administrative duties and allow them to concentrate on their teaching mandate.
Last September 4, Dairy NatFed also met with the new education secretary to discuss the group’s proposal of allowing the NDA and the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) to undertake the milk feeding program.
Dairy NatFed said during the meeting, Angara expressed no objection to the proposal, as long as the arrangement complies with existing laws.
During the discussion, the group also clarified that while there is no explicit mandate for NDA and PCC to take over the implementation of the milk feeding program, the law allows for such delegation if it aligns with the mandate of these government agencies.
