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Kiilu1* and Lucy Mugambi2  \n1 Department of Educational Administration and Planning, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya.  \n2Machakos Teachers College, P.O. Box 124-90100, Machakos, Kenya.  \nAccepted 18 February, 2019  \n\n| ABSTRACT\u003Cbr>Although education stakeholders agreed on achieving Education for All by 2015, high wastage rates in developing countries has remained a major concern. In Kenya, data shows that more than one million primary age children are still out school. In many countries, school feeding programmes has been used as one of the interventions to promote retention and improving learning outcomes in primary schools. The paper therefore investigated the status of school feeding policy initiatives in primary schools in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to examine the status of school feeding initiatives; to establish the sources of funding for feeding initiatives and assess the influence of feeding initiatives on school attendance in Machakos County. The study targeted 30 schools in Kalama and Kola zones. Simple random sampling was used to obtain a sample of 28 teachers and 55 class eight pupils while nine head teachers were selected purposively, making a total of 92 respondents. The study used descriptive survey design using questionnaires for data collection. Data was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics aided by Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Findings were presented in frequency tables and graphs. From the findings, majority of schools have implemented the primary school feeding programs as attested by 53% of the teachers, 88% of the head teachers and 61% of the pupils. However, 70% of funding for the school feeding programme come from the community and this has rendered the initiative less effective as most of the parents in the targeted schools have limited resources. The paper recommends for a more state participation to sustain the primary school feeding programme initiative in Machakos County.\u003Cbr>Keywords: Retention, policy, safety-nets, survey, feeding programme. |\n| --- |\n| *Corresponding author. E-mail: [remmykyalo@gmail.com](remmykyalo@gmail.com). |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nAccess to education is a fundamental Human Right as outlined in the 1948 Human Rights Charter. The 1990 Jomtien conference on education for all declared the need for provision of education to every person irrespective of their circumstances, whether children, the youth or adults. In fact, the Education For All second goal that emanated from the World Education Forum in Dakar urged countries to ensure that girls and children in marginalized conditions have access to free and compulsory primary education by 2015 (UNESCO, 2015) . Furthermore, the Education for All (EFA) goal number five focused on achieving gender equality through full participation in quality education among girls by 2015  \n(UNESC0 report, 2010) . Subsequently, the third of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) focuses on ensuring that all children complete primary education of adequate quality (Republic of Kenya [RoK], 2014; RoK, 2015 ; UNESCO, 2010) . Similarly, in the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development, goal number four puts emphasis on access to quality inclusive education and promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all. Infact,the plan of the first target of the fourth SDG is to ensure that all children, without discrimination based on gender complete quality free primary and secondary education by 2030 (UNESCO, 2017) . Realization of the goals implies ensuring school attendance and improving  \nprimary school completion rates (UNESCO, 2015) .  \nEducation is a catalyst to economic growth and human development as it cures most of the societal ills, promot","cbCaikamRU9SSSlU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikamRU9SSSlU","pdf",143089,"English","# Introduction\n# Abstract\n## Keywords","[{\"question\":\"What was the main objective of the study in Machakos County?\",\"answer\":\"To examine the status of school feeding initiatives, identify funding sources, and assess how feeding initiatives influence school attendance.\"},{\"question\":\"How many respondents participated, and how were they selected?\",\"answer\":\"The study targeted 30 schools and involved 28 teachers and 55 class eight pupils selected through simple random sampling, plus 9 head teachers selected purposively, totaling 92 respondents.\"},{\"question\":\"What funding source was reported as the largest contributor to the programme?\",\"answer\":\"Most funding (70%) came from the community, which the paper notes as making the initiative less effective because many parents had limited resources.\"}]","Status of school feeding programme policy initiatives in primary schools in Machakos County, Kenya - Full Length Research Paper | PDF",1792070245,18]