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    Impact of mid-day meals on pupils’ academic performance in Kirewa sub county Tororo district
    (Busitema University, 2024) Athieno Betty
    Children are the future of tomorrow who need an adequate amount of nutrition and education for growth but the disadvantaged section of the societies is not able to provide them. The study was carried out on the Impact of mid-day meals on the academic performance of pupils in Kirewa Sub County, Tororo District. This study was designed to analyze majorly the relationship between mid-day meals and academic performance of pupils in Kirewa Sub County, Tororo District. The study was guided by three specific objectives that is, to establish the effects of having midday meals on the academic performance of pupils in Kirewa Sub County, Tororo District, to examine the socio-economic and administrative factors challenging the provision of mid-day meals on the academic performance of pupils in Kirewa Sub Country, Tororo District. to establish ways of improving provision of mid-day meals to improve on academic performance of pupils in Kirewa Sub County from which literature review was gotten. A total of 68 participants were selected for the study. Participants consisted of 40 pupils, 24 parents from PTA and 4 Headteachers gotten using Yemen's formula n = N/ (1+N(e2) where N = total population of the area, e = the error value which is a constant (0.05). A substitution of the above formula gave a sample size of 68 people. Data was collected via questionnaires answered by parents and pupils and interviews were used for the head teachers. It was noted that there is a very big impact of midday meals on the academic performance of pupils. This is justified from the responses offered by respondents.