Effects of School Feeding Programmes on the Participation of Pupils in Primary School Education in Kwimba District, Mwanza Region.

Dotto, Daudi (2025) Effects of School Feeding Programmes on the Participation of Pupils in Primary School Education in Kwimba District, Mwanza Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of school feeding programmes (SFP) on the participation of pupils in primary school education in Kwimba district. It specifically focused on determining the extent to which school feeding programmes affect enrollment of primary school pupils, establishing the effect of school feeding programmes on the attendance of primary school pupils, identifying the effect of school feeding programmes on the participation of primary school pupils, and establishing the extent to which school feeding programs influence the performance of primary school pupils in Kwimba district. The study employed a mixed research approach and descriptive survey design. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select 315 respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, observation, and document reviews, then analysed to obtain response frequencies and percentages. Findings showed positive outcomes in pupils’ enrollment, attendance, classroom participation, and academic performance in relation to SFP. Though it had no direct effect on pupils’ enrollment. Generally, the SFP seemed to encourage parents to send their children to school, apart from children’s eagerness to studies and thus to have better performance in their examinations. The study, therefore recommends that the education stakeholders should extend the SFP in all primary schools. Keywords: School feeding, enrollment, attendance, school participation, pupils’ performances.

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