Jakarta – The odd semester break for December 2025 has been implemented by a number of schools in Indonesia. If schools are closed, what will happen to the Free Nutritious Meals (MFM) that students received? Dadan Hindayana, head of the National Food Agency (BGN), opened his voice about the MBG program during the holidays. He said even though it was a holiday, the implementation of this program is still going as it should. BGN said it has prepared a number of alternatives for students to obtain the MBG. This program is said to continue to improve children’s nutrition even though schools are closed until early January 2026. Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENT Rounded up by detikcom, here are a number of things you need to know about MBG still running during the holidays. 1. MBG for pregnant women runs as usual. Dadan, head of BGN, said the MBG program for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and toddlers is still running as usual. MBG distribution for this category is not affected and continues as usual. “For pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and toddlers as usual,” Dadan said on confirmation on Sunday (21/12/2025). Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and children under five are categorized as group 3B or parties entitled to receive MBG. It is known that this MBG program has been running since January 2025 for almost a year. 2. Students can take MBG to school or SPPG. Head of BGN Dadan said that students can take MBG to school during the semester break. According to him, the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) will conduct an inventory of the number of children who are willing to take MBG. “For school children, each SPPG must carry out an inventory of how many and how often children are willing to go to school,” said Dadan. They also allow students to take SPPG. Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, deputy principal of BGN, said parents of students are also allowed to take the MBG menu to school. “The parents can take it, it is already placed in a bag. In principle, we provide nutritious food to improve nutrition, so even if it is a holiday, we try to ensure that the children still get nutritional intake,” said Nanik. 3. MBG menu variations during holidays Dadan said that at the beginning of the school holidays, students will get ready-to-eat menus such as eggs, fruit, milk, shredded meat or beef jerky. This menu runs for a maximum of 4 days. “At the beginning of the holiday, we are given ready-made food for a maximum of 4 days with quality menus such as eggs, fruit, milk, shredded meat or beef jerky,” said Dadan. Meanwhile, Deputy Head of BGN Nanik said that the MBG menu could be adjusted to include dry ingredients during the holidays. He said the menu prepared consisted of fruit, milk, bread and salted eggs. “MBG is made in dry (unprocessed) ingredients, for example fruits, milk, bread (made by MSMEs), and eggs. To make the eggs last longer, use salted eggs. The mechanism can be delivered to the school within two or three days, then the students who want to take it are registered. Get it from the school,” Nanik said. 4. BGN prepares delivery option to student homes. Head of BGN, Dadan Hindayana, responds to parents’ complaints that they have to take food to school. They said they are preparing a delivery system option or delivering the MBG menu to each student’s home. “For the rest of the day, if students are willing to come to school, they will be distributed to school, if not, we have to start taking up delivery mechanisms at homes or pick them up at SPPG,” he said. “We are currently designing a delivery system after 4 holidays,” he added. Nanik, deputy principal of BGN, said the MBG program during holidays depends on the agreement between the school and students. BGN, it was said, did not force distribution during school holidays. “For school children, it depends on the agreement with the school, if the student wants to take it at school, we will give it, if they don’t want it, we won’t give it. So those at school won’t force it,” Nanik said. (dwr/dwr)