Poor performance of school learners attributed to pupils feeding|Vok news

Pupils at lunch

Innocent and Benson

Reporters, Voice of Kamwenge

15% of the learners at Kamwenge primary school do not take lunch at school. This was disclosed yesterday by Mbalukuze Gastone the Head teacher Kamwenge primary school while meeting parents of learners from Primary six to primary seven.

Mbalukuze said the challenge contributes to the poor performance of some learners.

In 2013, government designed the school feeding and nutrition guidelines to improve child health, nutrition and educational performance. But some schools are still unable to implement them.

Last year in November, the Education and Sports Ministry named a 25 member working group to spear head the school feeding sensitization campaigns among parents and guardians countrywide.

Speaking recently during the commissioning of primary schools which were constructed in Ibanda district under Global Partenership for Education (GPE) a World Bank funded project, Minister Sennide directed all primary schools to ensure that learners take lunch at school.