The Effects of School Feeding Programs on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Primary Schools of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Journal Title: Advance Knowledge for Executives - Year 2023, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: The study aimed to assess the effects of the School Feeding Program on Students' academic achievement by comparing beneficiary School feeding with non – beneficiaries of School feeding in SNNPR Wolaita Zone. Method: A comparative cross-sectional research design was employed to compare student academic achievement in beneficiary and non-beneficiary schools. A mixed methods research approach was employed. Data were collected from 306 students from grades two to four, 32 teachers, and seven key informants. Document analysis, standardized test scores, questionnaires, and interviews were used to collect the data. Result: Beneficiary school students wrote 8.6 words per minute in the standardized test, while non-beneficiary students wrote 6.16. It implied that the beneficiary school students wrote more words than non-beneficiaries. Additionally, the independent sample t-test found a statistically significant and positive impact of the School Feeding Programs on students' academic achievement indicators such as average test scores, reading progress of the mother tongue, and writing progress of their mother tongue. Conclusion and Recommendation: The significant challenges were delays in food delivery, lack of close follow-up of executive bodies, and limited support from the community and other stakeholders. The study recommended that the local government expand and sustain the program by shifting to another modality of the school feeding program, which is a homegrown school feeding program, supporting the program by fundraising and income generating. The school community should also sensitize the significance of the school feeding program in primary school students' academic achievement.
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Derese, M. & Marisennayya, S.
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