School feeding program and academic performance of learners in rural universal primary education schools in Bwanswa Sub-county in Kakumiro District

Abstract

A functional education system should ensure that everyone in school acquires quality education. The Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in Uganda is one of the means of assessment assessing the quality of learning in primary schools. However, public primary (UPE) schools in Bwanswa Sub County in Kakumiro district continued to perform below average. Ahmed (2004) observed that School Feeding Programmes have a significant positive impact on pupils’ participation in schools among which include in-class concentration, learning and overall cognition. Therefore, this study intended to investigate whether there was a relationship between School Feeding Programs and the academic performance of learners in UPE Schools in Bwanswa Sub County in Kakumiro District