School Meal Programme is an expensive venture that requires massive investment over the years. The programme’s cost has continually grown year by year, thus necessitating a Perception Study of School Meals Programme in The Gambia. This study assesses the perception and opinions of beneficiaries of the existing programme with a view of justifying a rationale for a continuation of the programme and for a smooth transitioning for more government involvement. We conducted a Focus Group Discussion FGD to elicit relevant information from various participants across The Gambia. From the opinions and perceptions of the participants, a common theme is that beneficiaries of school meal programme derive benefit in the form improvements in health conditions, nutrition, cognition and class performance. The household benefits from income savings by reducing household’s budget on daily food expenditures and medical bills as a result of the improved health condition of their child. By extension, the community also benefits from the programme through free lunches to the pupils, food security, better health and savings on health and food expenditures.