Stakeholder’s Perception on the Impact of School Feeding Programme on Health Status and Achievement of Primary School Pupils in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Salisu Yusuf, Comfort Effiong Edemenang, Babawuro Shuaibu, Safiyanu Shuaibu Sara

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which SFP has an impact on Health status and academic achievement in public primary schools. The study sample was comprising 375 teachers and 341 head teachers drawn from public primary schools benefitting from SFP in Bauchi state. To get the sample of 375 teachers across all primary schools in Bauchi state, one central primary school was purposively selected based on its characteristics of having teachers and pupils from various socio-economic backgrounds. In each of the central primary schools, a total of 18 teachers were selected at random to serve as respondents. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled Stakeholder's' Perception on the impact of the School Feeding Program Questionnaire (SHPSIFPQ) developed by the researcher. The data was analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation. The study revealed that Stakeholders perceived to a great extent that SFP impacts primary school pupils' Health status and academic achievement and their perception does not differ significantly. Stakeholders perceived to a great extent that SFP impacts the pupil's Health status and academic achievement in Bauchi state primary schools, and their perception does not significantly differ. Government should sustain SFP, which will, in turn, reduce the cost or replace the Health status and academic achievement drive campaign carried out every school year by the Ministry of Education (MOE), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), and Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). Government should deploy necessary mechanisms that will ensure a timely and uninterrupted supply of meals to the benefitting primary schools. Government should devise a sustainability and improvement plan for SFP so that pupils' Health status and academic achievement would be retained in primary schools.


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