The Chisinau Municipal Council (CMC) on Monday, March 3, earmarked 2.178 million lei to provide children attending suburban schools with free meals. Earlier, the CMC adopted a decision providing free school meals only to the children studying in the city, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the decision of March 3, as many as 5,317 schoolchildren from 18 suburban communities will eat for free in school cafeterias. 3,386 first-fourth graders will have free breakfasts, while other 709 – and lunches, too. Breakfasts will be also provided to 959 fifth-ninth graders, and lunches to other 263. On January 22, the CMC raised the cost of school meals from 4 lei for breakfasts and 8 lei for lunches, as fixed by the Minister of Finance, to 5 lei and 11 lei, respectively. Some 29,100 schoolchildren in Chisinau Municipality enjoy free meals.