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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: Federal government of Nigeria in 2016 launched the National Home Grown School Feeding Policy(NHGSFP) in public primary schools in Nigeria with the aim of ensuring one solid quality meal a day for children in order to increase enrolment , reduce dropout rate and ensure quality learning outcome. The extent this programme has impacted school enrolment and pupils academic performance in Primary schools in Nnewi North LGA becomes the worry of this study. The findings of the study among others will give evaluative tips to the initiators and implementers of the programme on the extent HSFP has impacted enrolment and academic performance of the pupils as targeted for possible corrections. Descriptive survey design was used for the study and guided by 3 research questions. Random sampling technique was used to select 80 head teachers and teachers of primary 1-3 classes from the 47 primary schools in the LGA under study as respondents. The instrument used for collection of data was a 27structured questionnaire and an oral interview with cooks randomly selected. The researchers found out that in primary schools under study home school feeding program boosted the enrolment of the schools through increase in school population, daily attendance to school, and increase in punctuality, and continuous stay in the school among others. The findings also showed that the HSFP has great impact on the academic performance of the pupils through, high scores in class tests, term exams, class assignments, taking part in class discussions, among others. Some challenges Such as lack of supervision of the activities of the cooks due to exclusion of head teachers and teachers from the implementation of the program ,not providing food rich in quality and quantity to the pupils due to insufficient fund for teeming population, delay in release of fund to the cooks, and other problems are some of the challenges facing the new program. The researchers therefore concluded that for this program to be sustained to achieve the expected purpose of education for all come 2020 through increasing pupils school enrolment and improving on quality of education at the primary schools, all the stakeholders in education must as a matter of urgency put into action the recommendations suggested in this research to address the challenges and move the programme forward. |
| Keywords: school, grown, primary, performance, feeding |
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