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This poll has completed. It ran from April 6, 2015, 3:16 p.m. through April 20, 2015, 3:33 p.m.
Will providing lunch to primary and secondary school students improve performance and reduce absenteeism?
Background
Recently, Uganda's
Trade and Industry Minister Amelia Kyambadde left residents dumbfounded when
she wept at the sight of hungry children during a school fundraiser in Mpigi
town council.
Namabo Primary school in Kafumu Parish is just
one of the many schools across the country where pupils are studying on an
empty stomach.
However,
the Ministry of Education and sports has now asked primary schools across the
country to feed their students in a bid to curb absenteeism and poor
performance tagged to hunger.
Speaking to New Vision on February 20, 2015 Education
minister Jessica Alupo said that school authorities should talk with parents on
ways of feeding children.
In 2010, there were over 8.7 million
children studying in Ugandan primary schools- with more than of a half of that
number not being fed in schools. Owing to the high dropout rates partially
fuelled by lack of meals in schools in Uganda, a 2014 report by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established
that completion rate is low, affecting access rates to the subsequent cycles.
"School management
committees, board of governors and parents and teachers' associations are urged
to feed all children at school without fail," said Alupo.
Question
Will providing lunch to primary and secondary school students improve performance and reduce absenteeism?
A. Yes
B. No
C. I don't know
Instructions
Go
to messages on your phone and type HITS and the name of your DISTRICT
followed by either A, B, or C. Leave a short comment explaining your
answer. Send your message to 8585. This SMS is totally FREE OF CHARGE
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