Kaduna Government set to begin free feeding of pupils

The Kaduna State Government has announced the beginning of free feeding for all public primary schools pupils with effect from January 17th, 2016.

Addressing newsmen in Kaduna, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Shehu Usman Adamu, said public primary schools would resume 17 January while secondary schools will be 11 January stressing that it will fine-tune the readiness of food vendors and schools to facilitate effective delivery of the free feeding programme.

Adamu added that between 11 January and 15 January, vendors would be reconfirming their logistics and deepening their relationships with school authorities.

According to the commissioner, the vendors recruited in each of the 255 wards have been organized into cooperative societies to serve free meals in every primary school in the state

He said, ''as you are aware, the 2016 Budget makes ample provision for this government’s School Feeding programme. This intervention in improving the nutrition of our young pupils commences this term, from the very first day that school resumes. This intervention reinforces our thrust to expand access to education. Therefore, the school feeding programme will be formally launched when pupils in government-owned primary schools FTTTin Kaduna State resume on Monday, 17 January 2016. This will afford the primary school pupils 11 weeks of tuition, with no loss of academic time. However, secondary schools across the state will resume as scheduled.''