Government approves the extinction of the Wasi Mikuna program: the details of the Supreme Decree

After the serious cases of Student poisoning In various parts of the country and the harsh criticism of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS), the Executive Power formalized this Sunday the extinction of the program Wasi Mikuna through a supreme decree.

Sources of the sector assured this newspaper that the school food service will not be stopped. Promulgation of the Supreme Decree is expected.

Supreme Decree 006-2025-MIDIS was published in the extraordinary edition of the Official Gazette El Peruano and carries the signing of President Dina Boluarte.

This device also declares in emergency the school food service, in addition to issuing other measures.

It is indicated that the deadline for the Wasi Mikuna program will not exceed December 31, 2025, date until the emergency declaration will also govern.

The standard establishes that the MIDIS will define the new modalities of delivery of the School Food Service, which will be formalized by ministerial resolution of the sector.

The MIDIS will also have the necessary measures and approve the relevant regulatory devices and/or mechanisms to guarantee timely care to the users of the School Food Service during fiscal year 2025.

What Midis said

It is established that, within the maximum period of five business days counted from the entry into force of the device, the commission for the transfer of budgetary resources, goods, documentary collection, including assets and liabilities, among others, of the National Community School Food Program Was Mikuna Al Midis is constituted.

“This urgent and immediate decision was taken before the events that occurred, since the beginning of this school year, which would have affected the health of the beneficiaries of the School Food Service. That is why it was considered pertinent to declare in emergency the School Food Service of the National Program of Community School Food Wasi Mikuna; as well as the extinction of the program,” said the portfolio in a press release.

The sector headed by Minister Leslie Urteaga reported that it has been working, urgently, in the redesign and implementation of new models of care for the school food service and strengthening the participation of parents.

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