Abstract:
The study was conducted to investigate the influence of School Feeding Programme on
school pupils’ enrolment and the challenges thereof in Basic Schools of 4 Garrisons
Education Unit in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The objectives of the
study were to find out the educational benefits of the Programme, establish the influence
of the programme on pupils’ enrolment and to identify the challenges associated with the
programme. The study used descriptive survey design with the quantitative approach.
The target population was 200 head teachers and teachers. Purposive sampling was used
to select eight head teachers for the study. Simple random sampling was used to select
130 teachers making a total of 138 for the study. The reliability test yielded Cronbach
Alpha of 0.79. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. The study found that
the school feeding programme was implemented to reduce malnutrition by providing
pupils with one hot nutritious meal using home-grown food crops to stimulate local
economics. Also, school feeding programme reduced absenteeism to improve duration
of schooling to stimulate educational outcomes and decreased pupils drop out of school
to improve attendance. Again, influences of the school feeding programme on school
enrolment was that it helped in improving pupils health condition to increase attendance
to improve enrolment. The challenges of the school feeding programme were
inconsistencies in the release of available funds and inadequate facilities for sanitation
and hygiene. It is recommended based on the findings that the Kumasi Metropolitan
Directorate of Education organize training workshop for caterers and cooks of the school
feeding programme on the need to adopt healthy hygienic practices in the discharge of
their duties
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the
requirement for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2020