Kaohsiung, Taichung to give free school lunchesEQUALITY NEEDED: It is good that the government is paying attention to school lunches, but it is unfair student welfare varies by location, a federation saidStaff writer, with CNAStudents at public elementary and junior high schools in Kaohsiung and Taichung are to receive free lunches starting from the 2026-2027 school year, the two cities announced yesterday. Democratic Progressive Party councilors said they hoped the quality of school lunches would not be compromised by their “free” status, and that the city should propose concrete funding sources and implementation plans. Taoyuan has been providing free school lunches for elementary and junior high schools since the second semester of the 2022-2023 school year, while Taipei announced the same policy for all elementary and junior high schools on Tuesday. New Taipei City and Tainan provide school lunch subsidies for disadvantaged students in public schools. Yilan, Hualien, Changhua, Nantou, Hsinchu, Lienchiang, Kinmen, Penghu, Miaoli and Taitung counties, as well as Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Hsinchu City are providing or are to provide free lunches in elementary and junior high schools.

Source: Taipei Times January 08, 2026 17:14 UTC