Pupils in Anambra public schools rejecting promotion to new class because of food — School Feeding Scheme Manager


The Programme Manager, National Homegrown School Feeding Scheme in Anambra State, Mrs Eriken Uzoamaka, has expressed regret that pupils in classes One to Three across Public Primary Schools in the state were rejecting promotion to senior classes because of food.

Uzoamaka explained that the rejection was as a result of the pupils delight on the kind of food they were served which usually surpass that of pupils in classes 4 to 6.

According to her, even those that agree to be promoted, usually come to their junior class (Primary 3), especially on Wednesdays, to struggle for food with others.

Speaking in Awka after a two-day capacity building workshop on Enhancing Social Protection Programme in Nigeria, organised by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Uzoamaka said that efforts were on ground to solve the challenge.

She added: “We serve rich food to pupils in classes 1 to 3 as captured in the national homegrown school feeding scheme. That is why even those that agree to be promoted usually come to their junior class (primary 3), especially on Wednesdays to struggle for food with others. We serve beans and plantains (or with sweet potatoes) that day.

“We are appealing to Anambra State government to support the programme by feeding pupils from primary 4 to 6 and probably include feeding of pre-primary school pupils to curb the challenges and increase more numbers of pupils in public schools.

“Since the inception of the programme in 2016, about 10 cooks have died and it is affecting the programme in some schools.

It is only the national that can recruit and replace them, we have no right to replace them but we have written to inform the national body but they are yet to be replaced.”

While listing other challenges facing the programme in Anambra State to include death of 10 cooks and the high cost of foodstuff in the market, the Programme Manager noted that the situation has made it impossible for affected schools to benefit because new cooks were yet to be employed by the federal government.

“The cooks are really complaining and the high cost of food items is making it difficult for them to give us adequate meal per child.

This development has made the Federal Government agree to increase the meal price from N70 to N100, but it is yet to be implemented,” she said.



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I don't know if am the only one who don't find this school feeding neccesary.

In the sense that it would only appetize the pupils hunger there (in school), what about other times?
Won't they go hungry again

They pupils value good over educational advancement

Prof Soludo you have alot to do.

They should stop that nonsense school feeding if they don't want to organize it well...we that didn't enjoy that did we not do well? We give our children food in their lunch box when going to school

Ndi billionaires.

Poverty sha

Cypress042:
I don't know if am the only one who don't find this school feeding neccesary.

In the sense that it would only appetize the pupils hunger there (in school), what about other times?
Won't they go hungry again

Our federal government spends billions of naira feeding primary school pupils all in a bid to coerce them to come to school and stay long enough till their break periods to be able to receive 2 or 3 classes before they lose focus and decide to carry their bags and go home to continue their play.

This kind of behavior is prevalent in the nothern part of the country. In fact, if government is truly spending money for feeding then be rest assured that 90% of that money is for feeding school children only in the north.

That’s why they have extremely low cut off marks for everything including schools, government and civil service posts.

an0daGuy:


Our federal government spends billions of naira feeding primary school pupils all in a bid to coerce them to come to school and stay long enough till their break periods to be able to receive 2 or 3 classes before they lose focus and decide to carry their bags and go home to continue their play.

This kind of behavior is prevalent in the nothern part of the country. In fact, if government is truly spending money for feeding then be rest assured that 90% of that money is for feeding school children only in the north.

That’s why they have extremely low cut off marks for everything including schools, government and civil service posts.

You just nailed it thanks

Peter Obi's Anambra. God forbid bad thing for Nigeria. Tufia!

Op you are a liar just like Mohammad liar