DR. ONWE, IGNATIUS OGBA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS,
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, IKWO
EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA.
Abstract.
The study explored public perception of the effectiveness of the School Feeding Programme (SFP)
implementation in Ebonyi State Nigeria. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaire,
Focus Group Discussion and Interview. The population for the study were pupils in Primary 1-3. A total of
486 respondents were involved in the study. The researcher adopted a cross sectional survey design and
multi-stage sampling technique to select the respondents. The retrieved data were analyzed using frequency 2 table, percentage, and chi square (X ) to test the hypothesis. The results showed that the school feeding programme has been poorly implemented in the state as it has failed to improve pupils enrolment in the public primary schools. Again it was discovered that more children prefer private/mission primary schools to public schools. The major impediments were found to be lack of supervision/monitoring, lack of fund, low morale on the part of teachers etc. The study concluded that monitoring of the programme in the state should be intensified and further research should be carried out to ascertain why parents and pupils prefer private/mission schools to public schools in the state.
Key words: Public primary school, School feeding programme and perception.
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