Improving learning in Uganda. Vol. I, Community-led school feeding practices

Improving learning in Uganda. Vol. I, Community-led school feeding practices / Innocent Mulindwa Najjumba [and others].

This report is among the first analyses in Africa to examine how parents and communities have taken up the challenge of feeding their children during the school day. It carries important messages for countries throughout Africa and beyond that are seeking to develop sustainable, community-led school...

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Other Authors: Najjumba, Innocent Mulindwa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2013.
Series:World Bank studies.
Subjects:
School improvement programs > Uganda.
School children > Food > Uganda > Case studies.
Children > Nutrition > Uganda > Case studies.
Children > Nutrition
School children > Food
School improvement programs
Uganda
Case studies
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Study Methodology and Scope; Results; Tables; Table O.1: Summary of Existing Community-Led Practices; Issues for the Government to Consider; Possible Strategic Actions; Recommendations for Next Steps; Chapter 1 Introduction; Background and Rationale; Figures; Figure 1.1: Learner Absenteeism by Grade, UNPS 2009/10; Figure 1.2: Most Serious Problems Faced by Schools as Identified by Headteachers, UNPS 2009/10; Figure 1.3: Children 6-12, Who Are in Primary School and Had No Breakfast, UNHS 2009/10.
  • Figure 1.4: Percentage of Pupils Who Get Breakfast at Home QEI Baseline, Uganda 2009; Figure 1.5: Teachers Who Think That Lack of Food Causes Absenteeism at Lower Primary: QEI Baseline, Uganda 2009; Figure 1.6: Teachers Who Think That Lack of Meals Causes Absenteeism at Upper Primary: QEI Baseline, Uganda 2009; School Feeding and Learning-Scientific Evidence; Methodology; Report Structure; Note; Chapter 2 The National Policy Framework on School Feeding; Note; Chapter 3 Community-Led School Feeding Practices; Home-Packed Food for Consumption by Pupils at School.
  • Figure 3.1: Percentage of Pupils Who Carry Their Own Lunch to School by District, QEI Uganda 2009Table 3.1: SWOT Analysis of Home-Packed Meals; Preparation and Provision of Hot Meals to Pupils at School; Boxes; Box 3.1: Home-Packed Meals for Pupils in St. Elizabeth Bujuni Primary School, Kibaale District; Table 3.2: Type of Contributions Made, by Observed School and District, Uganda 2011; Box 3.2: In-Kind Food Contributions in Kotolut Primary School, Bukedea District; Table 3.3: Cash Contributions for Hot Meals, by School, and Estimated Cost for DEOs and Head Teachers.
  • Box 3.3: School Gardening for School Feeding in Bulawula Primary School, Kayunga DistrictBox 3.4: School Gardening for School Feeding in Okure Primary School Community, Soroti District, with Support from the WFP; Figure 3.2: Percentage of Primary School Who Get Lunch at School; QEI Baseline, Uganda 2009/10; Figure 3.3: Percentage of Primary School that Provide Lunch at School; UNPS, 2009/10; Table 3.4: SWOT Analysis of Hot Meals at School; Returning Home for Lunch by Pupils; Table 3.5: SWOT Analysis of Food Vending and Canteens at School.
  • Figure 3.4: Percentage of Primary Pupils Who Go Home for Lunch QEI Baseline, Uganda 2009; Table 3.6: SWOT Analysis of Pupils Going Home for Lunch; Community Contributions to Externally Supported Initiatives; Box 3.5: Millennium Village Project in Itungu Mixed Primary School of Isingiro District; Table 3.7: SWOT Analysis of Community Contributions; Chapter 4 Emerging Issues for Consideration; Coverage of Community-Led Initiatives; Table 4.1: Selected Schools by Region, Enrollment, and Coverage of the Observed School Feeding Option, Uganda 2011.

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