Assessing the Impacts of School Feeding Programme on Improving Pupils Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Bariadi Town Council, Tanzania.

Chilamula, Jafari Masudi (2025) Assessing the Impacts of School Feeding Programme on Improving Pupils Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Bariadi Town Council, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study assessed the impact of school feeding programme on improving pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in Bariadi Town Council, Tanzania” It was conducted in Bariadi Town Council, Simiyu Region in Tanzania. Specifically, the study guided by the following objectives: to explore the contexts under which SFP is implemented in Public Primary schools, to examine the impact of SFP on improving pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools, and to identify the challenges facing the implementation of SFP in public primary schools. This study employed pragmatism research paradigm, mixed research approach and convergent research design. The study comprised of 211 respondents from 5 public primary schools. The researcher employed both probability and non-probability sampling technique, and instruments used for the data collection were questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussion (FGD) and documentary review. The findings revealed that SFP were an effective tool in enhancing academic performance of pupils and they were shown to have a positive impacts in different modalities included, the increased time for learning at the school to pupils, improved pupils’ involvement in the classroom lessons. Based on the findings, the conclusion made revealed that, the provision of meals in public primary schools is the responsibility of parents/guardians in collaboration with the education partners. It is recommended that the provision of meals in public primary schools is the responsibility of parents/guardians in collaboration with the education partners. Thus, the mobilization of all these stakeholders for implementation and stability of SFP is mandatory and should not be a onetime activity. Keywords: School feeding program, academic performance, School dropout, School enrolment, Public school

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