STARTERS, main and dessert were not the only courses under consideration when youngsters were given plenty of food for thought.

GCSEs were on the menu when pupils from Levenshulme High School for Girls spent the evening at the Sanam restaurant.

The schoolgirls attended the restaurant, on Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, for a revision supper. But the food was served up only after the teenagers had spent a couple of hours studying their exam subjects.

Their night was part of Manchester City Council's Food 4 Thought education programme. It aims to help the youngsters study in a relaxed and thought-provoking atmosphere. The programme was carried out for the first time last year. Its success prompted education chiefs to hold it again.

With GCSEs looming in many teenagers' diaries, Food 4 Thought links the Year 11 pupils with students from the city's universities to help the schoolchildren learn more about their subjects and pick up tips on revision and exam techniques.

A council spokesman said: "The idea is to provide tutoring and mentoring from university students so the youngsters are given help and support by a group of older, academically strong, peers."

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