The influence of school feeding programme on retention of children in primary schools: the case of Laikipia East district Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate th
e influence of school feeding programme on
retention of pupils in primary sc
hools of Laikipia East District.
The study was conducted in this
area because for many years there had been massive
dropout of pupils from school partly due to
poverty. Many pupils were forced to go and look for
menial job in order to support their parents.
The research study had five objectives which were
: To assess how the nature of food provision
influences pupil’s retention in school. To esta
blish how source of food provision influences
pupils retention in school. To
determine how the mode of distribution of food influences
retention in school. To assess
the extent to which parent
involvement in food production
influences retention of pupils in school.
To investigate the role of school feeding progra
mme in changing people’s
culture. The Research
study targeted 41 Primary schools in Laikipia East
District, out of the three zones, Daiga,
Nanyuki North and Nanyuki South. It also targets
forty one head teachers from the said schools
and 13, 781 pupils. The number of teachers is f
our hundred (400). Parents targeted were two
thousand. The researcher used purposive samplin
g to study schools with a
steady school feeding
programme. Quota sampling was used to ensure that
at least three schools from the three zones
represented. Data collection instrument included
questionnaires to parents,
pupils, head teachers
and teachers. The researcher also intends to use
an interview schedule to interview parents who
may be illiterate.
The research study adopted the expost facto research
design which is descri
ptive in nature and is
used in social science. The approach will be quantitative in nature for data collection. Data was
described in tabular, graphical
and numerical form. Descriptive
statistics included measures of
central tendency – mean, median and mode. It w
ill also used measures of dispersion/ spread –
range and standard deviation. In making conclu
sions and inferences, the researcher used
inferential statistics especially in correlati
on to show relationship
between two variables.
Chapter four provided data analysis presentati
on interpretation and discussions of the study. The
findings were presented in tables
using (S.P.S.S) Statistical pack
age for social sciences Version
18.0. Chapter five provided a summary of
the findings and recommendations.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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