Assessing the Impact of School Health and Nutrition Policy in Schools in Zambia: A Comparative Study of Kafue Day Secondary School and Chadiza Basic School
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Poor health and nutrition have adverse effects on school performance of the children in that it leads to early dropouts, low enrolment and absenteeism. To address this problem, the Government of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministry of Education introduced School Health and Nutrition. It was introduced in schools because schools are viewed as an ideal place from which to teach health education, basic health intervention, HIV/AIDS prevention and upkeep for the orphans and the vulnerable children. In this paper, the Researcher assessed the impact of School Health and Nutrition Policy on student’s enrolment, attendance, performance and health. Secondly, the researcher identified the challenges schools are facing in implementing School Health and Nutrition and assessed the roles of Government and Stakeholders in the enactment of School Health and Nutrition in Zambia. To achieve this, the Researcher did a comparative study of Kafue Day Secondary School and Chadiza Basic School. Chadiza Basic School is among the schools were School Health and Nutrition was piloted in Eastern Province of Zambia while Kafue Day Secondary School, School Health and Nutrition was implemented after a successful pilot program in Eastern Province. Thereafter, the Government of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministry of Education declared it as a national policy. Data was collected from Kafue Day Secondary School and Chadiza Basic School and it revealed that, there is a positive relationship between Nutrition and achievement or performance of school going children. Children with access to better nutrition tend to have higher cognitive strength making them perform higher in tests scores than those that lacked access to better nutrition.
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Poor health and nutrition have adverse effects on school performance of the children in that it leads to early dropouts, low enrolment and absenteeism. To address this problem, the Government of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministry of Education introduced School Health and Nutrition. It was introduced in schools because schools are viewed as an ideal place from which to teach health education, basic health intervention, HIV/AIDS prevention and upkeep for the orphans and the vulnerable children. In this paper, the Researcher assessed the impact of School Health and Nutrition Policy on student’s enrolment, attendance, performance and health. Secondly, the researcher identified the challenges schools are facing in implementing School Health and Nutrition and assessed the roles of Government and Stakeholders in the enactment of School Health and Nutrition in Zambia. To achieve this, the Researcher did a comparative study of Kafue Day Secondary School and Chadiza Basic School. Chadiza Basic School is among the schools were School Health and Nutrition was piloted in Eastern Province of Zambia while Kafue Day Secondary School, School Health and Nutrition was implemented after a successful pilot program in Eastern Province. Thereafter, the Government of the Republic of Zambia through the Ministry of Education declared it as a national policy. Data was collected from Kafue Day Secondary School and Chadiza Basic School and it revealed that, there is a positive relationship between Nutrition and achievement or performance of school going children. Children with access to better nutrition tend to have higher cognitive strength making them perform higher in tests scores than those that lacked access to better nutrition.
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