Free feeding has been introduced by the Kaduna State Government for primary school pupils in Kaduna state. The governor stated at the flag-off of the programme on Monday at the Aliyu Makama Road Primary School, Barnawa, Kaduna, that the state government would provide free launch for 1.5million pupils in public primary schools across the state.
He disclosed equally that the programme would directly create 17,000 jobs for catering vendors, each of whom will need to employ workers to help them deliver. “Every school day from today, the Kaduna State Government will be providing a meal for 1.5million pupils. It is an unprecedented undertaking in this state, but one that we solemnly pledged to do when we were campaigning. “It is a challenge in terms of its scale, cost and the logistics required to deliver the meals everyday. But our children deserve this, and more” the governor declared.
He stressed further that the introduction of the programme marks the beginning of a different phase of the Kaduna State Government’s project to expand access to education. “We launch the programme today as a direct intervention in the health of our children, situating our schools as places to promote education and nutrition.
The governor in his statement said, “The school feeding is a separate plank of our initiative to expand access to education, to ensure that every child can have nine years of free, decent basic education, no matter the income level of their parents.”
He noted that parents have responded with enthusiasm, revealing that school enrolment in public schools had increased by 64 per cent at the beginning of the current session.
He noted that parents have responded with enthusiasm, revealing that school enrolment in public schools had increased by 64 per cent at the beginning of the current session.
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