SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KOSIRAI DIVISION, LEIMOKWO ZONE, KENYA.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION I

APPROVAL ‘I

DEDICATION III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV

TABLE OF CONTENTS V

ABSTRACT VII

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 1

1.3 Objective of the Study 2

1.3.1 General Objective 2

1.3.2 Specific Objective 2

1.3 Research questions 3

1.5 Significance of the study 3

1.5 Scope of the study 3

1.6 Limitations of the study 3

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CHAPTER TWO .5

LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2.1 INTRODUCTION 5

2.2 THE IMPACT OF FEEDING PROGRAMME ON PERFORMANCE 5

CHAPTER THREE 14

METHODOLOGY 14

3.0 INTRODUCTION 14

3.1 Research design 14

3.2 Population of study 14

3.3 study sample 14

3.4 Research instruments 14

3.5 Research procedure 15

3.6 Data analysis and interpretation 15

CHAPTER FOUR 16

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 16

4.0 INTRODUCTION 16

4.1 PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS 16

4.2. IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL FEEDING AND

PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS2 18

4.4 SOCIO- ECONOMIC FACTORS AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT 20

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CHAPTER FIVE .25

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 25

5.0. INTRODUCTION 25

5.1. SUMMARY 25

5.2. CONCLUSION 26

5.3. RECOMMENDATIONS 26

5.4 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 27

REFERENCES 28

APPENDICES

APPENDIXI

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS 33

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ABSTRACT This study was intended to determine the effect offree feeding programme on

the academic performance of pupils in Leimokwo zone, Kosirai division,

Kenya

The study adopted a descriptive research design which enhanced the

researcher to obtain a better understanding of the problem of socio-economic

factors on academic performance of pupils. Questionnaires and interview

guides were used in the collection of data after which it had to be coded and

presented in percentages and frequency distribution tables.

The findings revealed that poor nutrition led to diseases and therefore

because of diseases children do not perform well in school. The study also

found out that nutrition was very important and that for a country to develop

it had to focus on nutritional programs.

It was recommended that the parents and the community should be

sensitized on the importance proper and stable family background and how

they influence child development.

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