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JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL POLICY (JHSP )

E-ISSN 2545-5729
P-ISSN 2695 2416
VOL. 11 NO. 4 2025
DOI: 10.56201/jhsp.vol.11.no4.2025.pg24.32

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Assessment Of National Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes in Jega Local Government Area, Kebbi State

Kwashabawa, Bala Bakwai PhD, MUHAMMAD, Aminu Jega

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of National Homegrown School Feeding Programme (HGSF) on students’ participation in primary schools in Jega Local Government Area, Kebbi State. The research aims to examine how the programme encouraged pupils’ enrolment and improved pupils’ attendance. In this study descriptive survey design will be used. The population for this study comprised of the teachers and the head teachers in the 81 public primary schools in Jega Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Multistage sampling method was used to select teachers 260 out of the 939 in the local government. A validated questionnaire titled School Feeding Programme Questionnaire (SFPQ) with a reliability index of 0.73 was used for data collection. The study used frequency count, table and percentage to analyze the data. The study found that the challenges affecting the school feeding programme included a lack of continuity, insufficient meal quantities, inadequate monitoring and evaluation, poor sensitization and advocacy, and logistical complexities in food distribution. It also found that the strategies adopted by the government to ensure effective implementation the school feeding programme included setting up supervisory committees, involving stakeholders, providing funding and resources, promoting local agriculture, and developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks. There is the need Kebbi state government to increase the budgetary allocation for the programme. In addition to this, the state government should liaise with international organization such as the World Vision International and Joint Aid Management for funding and trainings that would ensure sustainability and domestication of the programmes considering its importance. There is also the need for Kebbi state government to establish a broad based multi-sectorial monitoring and evaluation team to monitor the programme and arrest observed infraction at all levels.

keywords:

National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, Pupil Enrolment, Pupils’ Attendance.

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