School feeding program hailed for improving attendance, nutrition in Mzimba
Primary School teachers and learners from various schools in Mzimba District have hailed the school feeding programme (SFP) for its significant contribution towards improving attendance, enrolment, performance and nutrition among primary school going children in the district.
Primary School teachers and learners from various schools in Mzimba District have hailed the school feeding programme (SFP) for its significant contribution towards improving attendance, enrolment, performance and nutrition among primary school going children in the district.
Sign up for Nthanda Times
Top Stories Newsletter
Politics, education, health, and more—get the latest news that matters most to you.
Advertisement
protected by reCAPTCHA
Advertisement
Speaking Tuesday during Seibo Maria SFP’s capacity building and review meeting, Deputy Head Teacher for Kazomba Primary School, Petros Simbale, said since the inception of the program, the school has seen a significant increase in learners’ enrolment, attendance and participation in class.
“This is because SFP shapes learners to have a keen interest in continuing to learn because they are free from hunger. Their concentration in class also improves hence we are registering good examination results,” he said.
Kids after receiving porridge (Courtesy of Seibo Maria)
Despite the programme’s success, Mzimba LEA School Head Teacher, Josephy Chirwa, highlighted some challenges affecting delivery of the programme in the district.
Advertisement
“In other schools, poor road network, absence of volunteers for daily cooking, scarcity of firewood and worn out pots are major challenges. As for our school, we have registered a significant increase in enrolment as the meals fail to cater for all the learners,” he said.
One of the learners at St Paul’s Primary School, Esther Mtonga, hailed the programme saying she has improved her performance in class because she is able to concentrate.
Seibo Maria SFP Supervisor, Victor Mnthulo, said the organisation is implementing the programme in 12 schools in the district, benefiting 15,966 learners.
To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time, including withdrawing your consent, by using the toggles on the Cookie Policy, or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.