School feeding programme and retention of pupils in selected Primary schools in lakes state of South Sudan
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2012-09
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
This study was set to find out the relationship between School feeding programs and
retention in Schools of Lakes State of Southern Sudan. It was guided by four specific
objectives, that included determining the i) profile of respondents in terms of gender,
age, education level and years of service ; ii) determining the level of School feeding programs; iii) the level of retention; iv) significant relationship between School feeding
programs and retention in Schools of Lakes State of Southern Sudan. The researcher
used a descriptive survey design in particular, a descriptive co-relational design which
was used to determine the relationship between variables, The research tool that was applied in this study was devLsed questionnaires to determine the school feeding
programme and retention of pupils. From the findings, there was a positive significant relationship between the level of School feeding programs and level of retention. This is
shown by the fact that the sig. values were less than the maximum sig. value of 0.05
considered in social sciences, Therefore, the researcher recommended the following:
From the findings and the conclusions of the study, the researcher recommends there is
need to train more female teacher in order to bridge the gap that is there between male
and female in selected Schools of Lakes State of Southern Sudan, the School
management should usually introduce strategies and method of running the program of
School feeding, this will increase on the level of retention of learners, the School
management should give financial support to the program of School feeding, and this will
help to improve on the School feeding program, the government of Southern Sudan
should also provide financial support to School feeding program, this will help to run day
to day activities of the program and the School should always provide enough food at
lunch to Learners, this will increase on the level of retention of Learners.
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A thesis presented to the College of High Degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the DegreevMaster of Educational Management and Administration
Keywords
School feeding, Programme, Retention, Pupils