Selangor government provides free meals to 70,000 students for exams
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The Selangor state government plans to provide free meals to approximately 70,000 students taking the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exams in the Malaysian state of Selangor.
Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari announced the initiative as part of the Nutrisi Selangor (NutriSel) SPM 2026 program. The state intends to provide breakfast or lunch to ensure students can enter examination halls without obstacles and stay motivated during core subjects.
The initiative is part of a broader NutriSel program that began in August to support the welfare and nutrition of 104,640 primary and secondary school students from the B40 low-income category. The state allocated over RM12.5 million for this program, with RM7.82 million coming from local authorities and RM4.73 million from the State Economic Planning Unit. Additionally, the government is distributing bread and milk to nearly 1 million students across 962 schools through the Mega Nutrisel initiative.
This distribution, done in partnership with Farm Fresh and Gardenia, will continue until early November before the exams begin.
