Ende, NTT, June 18 -- Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka visited a school in Ende District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Thursday to conduct a firsthand review of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program.

ANTARA observed that he conversed with teachers at Public Junior High School 1 Ndona while watching children savor meals served under the national priority program.

Gibran checked whether the meals were served warm and cautioned that a stretched time frame between cooking and service could adversely affect food quality.

Since launching in January 2025, the program has reached around 63 million schoolchildren, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children under five nationwide, supported by more than 27,000 MBG kitch...