An Investigation on the effect of School Feeding Program on primary school pupils’ enrolment, attendance and performance in Musoma Rural District, Tanzania

Kamnyungu, Boniface Andrea (2019) An Investigation on the effect of School Feeding Program on primary school pupils’ enrolment, attendance and performance in Musoma Rural District, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study sought to investigate the effect of school feeding program on students’ academic performance in Musoma Rural District. The study specifically sought to determine the nature of school feeding program, the influence of school feeding program on students’ enrolment, attendance and academic performance, identify problems facing the implementation of school feeding program, identify opportunities available to support school feeding program and the strategies to solve the identified problems. The target population of this study was 108 primary schools in Musoma Rural District from which a sample of 10 primary schools was drawn with a total of 133 respondents. The correlation research design was used to carry out the study. Both primary and secondary data were used. Data were collected using questionnaires, interviews, observation and documentary review. Semi structured questionnaires were administered to the respondents. Observation checklist was used to help researcher to do a physical verification. A schedule was used to interview parents and cooks. Reports related to students’ attendance and academic performance were collected to assist in comparing schools. The data tools which were used are Statistical Package for Social Sciences and Microsoft Excel used to summarize the data and find patterns. The study found that school feeding is a catalyst for improving students’ attendance and academic performance. This was realized as attendance and good academic performance reflected in schools with feeding program as compared to those schools without feeding program. The study recommends that school feeding program should be enhanced in schools and to be established in schools which do not have such program to ensure students’ enrolment, attendance and eventually good academic performance.

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