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    Feeding Programs on Students’ Learning in Government-Aided Primary Schools in Bungokho Sub County, Mbale District
    (Uganda Christian University, 2024-07-25) Norah Watsemba
    This study was carried out Bungokho Sub County on the effect of feeding programs on students learning in Government Primary Schools in Bungokho Sub County. It was guided by the following research obejectives: To determine whether food is provided to student’s in Government aided Primary Schools in Bungokho Sub County, to examine the relationship between provision of lunch and students’ learning in Government aided Primary Schools in Bungokho Sub County and lastly to examine the relationship between provision of lunch and students’ learning in Government aided Primary Schools in Bungokho Sub County. The study used both a qualitative and quantitative research design methodology where it considered a sample size of 80 respondents. The study findings revealed that: provision of food to students has an impact on students’ performance of Bungokho Sub-County Mbale District, that provision of food to students helps parents who can’t afford to secure children’s meals which improve their grades, that there is a positive relationship between provision of lunch and students learning in primary schools, that motivating of parents to enroll their children to schools and also pay all the school requirements would help in implantation of school feeding programs and lastly that addressing specific micronutrient deficiencies in school-age children is another strategy that helps in implementing school feeding programs. Study findings concluded that: provision of food to students has an impact on students’ performance, that provision of food to students helps parents who can’t afford to secure children’s meals which improve their grades and lastly that motivating of parents to enroll their children to schools and also pay all the school requirements would help in implantation of school feeding programs. The study recommends that: There should be more investments by different Governments in a number of strategies to reduce on challenges of feeding programs in Schools and lastly that there is need for the community and societies to begin being part of the group that try solve the challenges of feeding programs in schools through provision of food items.