These days it is evident that restaurants and supermarkets try to lure students by paying schools to promote their products. In my opinion, it is a negative trend as products which are part of paid promotion might not have necessary nutritional values in it and can also make children heavily rely on it over the course of the time.
There are a lot of demerits of the goods promoted to students in schools through such schemes. Firstly, every school would have different vendors to market their items based on the revenue generated from them. Secondly, there are no laws in place that give such external suppliers a room to advertise their product by providing money to educational institutes. Thirdly, children would get addicted to such snacks and would not crave for home-made ones. Lastly, hygiene cannot be accurately measured by anyone to approve it safe for consumption. For instance, nourishment delivered from the supermarket is generally preserved for long which over the time makes it lose its nutritional value before reaching the end consumer.
It is unethical for schools to be part of such campaigns, which selfishly generates revenue for them, but at the same time ignores student's health. In their growing years, kids need to be provided with food which gives them energy and immunity enough for their daily chores. Food packed with nutrition is essential for them to stay healthy and fit. Also, parents become lazy in preparing food for their kids, as they are aware of ready-made food available in school. For example, a recent Cambridge study shows 38% of working mothers do not prepare lunch for their school going children due to availability of fast-food chains.
To conclude, paid promotion of products raises suspicion of its quality and consumption safety. Government should revoke license of chains or markets indulging in such practises. Laws should be rolled out for schools to seek local council approval before hiring any external vendors to cater their students. As responsible citizens of the society, we should be vigilant enough to mould the future generation in the right direction with best practises.
These days it is evident that restaurants and supermarkets try to lure students by paying
schools
to promote their
products
. In my opinion, it is a
negative
trend as
products
which are part of paid promotion might not have necessary nutritional values in it and can
also
make
children
heavily
rely on it over the course of the time.
There are
a lot of
demerits of the
goods
promoted to students in
schools
through such schemes.
Firstly
, every
school
would have
different
vendors to market their items based on the revenue generated from them.
Secondly
, there are no laws in place that give such external suppliers a room to advertise their
product
by providing money to educational institutes.
Thirdly
, children would
get
addicted to such snacks and would not crave for home-made ones.
Lastly
, hygiene cannot be
accurately
measured by anyone to approve it safe for consumption.
For instance
, nourishment delivered from the supermarket is
generally
preserved for long which over the time
makes
it lose its nutritional value
before
reaching the
end
consumer.
It is unethical for
schools
to be part of such campaigns, which
selfishly
generates revenue for them,
but
at the same time
ignores
student's health. In their growing years, kids need to
be provided
with
food
which gives them energy and immunity
enough
for their daily chores.
Food
packed with nutrition is essential for them to stay healthy and fit.
Also
, parents become lazy in preparing
food
for their kids, as they are aware of ready-made
food
available in
school
.
For example
, a recent Cambridge study
shows
38% of working mothers do not prepare lunch for their
school
going children due to availability of
fast
-food chains.
To conclude
, paid promotion of
products
raises suspicion of its quality and consumption safety.
Government
should revoke license of chains or markets indulging in such
practises
. Laws should
be rolled
out for
schools
to seek local council approval
before
hiring any external vendors to cater their students. As responsible citizens of the society, we should be vigilant
enough
to
mould
the future generation in the right direction with best
practises
.