What Kaduna pupils do after eating free meals will shock you

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– The free feeding programme launched by the Kaduna state government is suffering a major setback

– Pupils develop the habit of leaving school immediately after the free meal offered them under the guise of going to drink water

– The state government has appealed to parents to ensure that children remain in school

Kaduna pupils desert schools after eating free meals

The Leadership reports that state government on Monday, March 14, expressed concern over the desertion of schools by pupils after taking the free meal offered them.

Shehu Adamu, the commissioner for education, science and technology, told journalists in Kaduna that pupils have developed the habit of leaving school after the free meal under the guise of going to drink water.

He appealed to parents to ensure that children remain in school after taking their free meals, adding that the programme was introduced to encourage school enrollment, attendance and retention.

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“The main goal of the school feeding programme is to attract out-of-school

children to school and keep them in class for them to acquire education and better their lives. We will not allow a situation where children will just come to school and leave the moment they finished eating their meals; if it is about water, we have already asked parents to provide water for their children.

“Therefore, parents have a responsibility of ensuring that the children do not only come to school on time, but remain in school till closing hours,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai has been taken to court by a lawyer, Maxwell Kyon, over his administration’s free school feeding programme.

Addressing a Kaduna chief magistrates court 4 on Tuesday, March 1, Kyon argued that there was no need for the state government to feed schoolchildren in the state.

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