CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY

Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon

Analytical Critique on
School Based Feeding Program

EDUC 322
(Advanced Curriculum Development & Instruction)

Submitted to:

NENITA I. PRADO, Ph.D.

Submitted by:

SITTIE AYNAH M. MACAKILING

January, 2017
INTRODUCTION

Health and education are two of the cornerstones of human capital and
form the basis of an individual's economic productivity. They also help to keep
a country's economy healthy and to create a literate society. There is
considerable evidence that education plays a central role in empowering
women, which in turn is linked to numerous long term benefits such as smaller
family sizes and increased agricultural production.
More than half a million or 534,054 Filipino schoolchildren are severely
wasted means they are thin for their height.(DepEd, 2013). A decline in

childrens nutritional status signals an eventual decline in their

academic performance.This is dismaying since these students will
someday grow up to become the backbone of Philippine society.
They will be our nations future decision-makers, leaders, and
producers.
If their minds and bodies are feeble now, just imagine what the
Philippines will be in the years to come. Asias rising tiger may
become a limping cub.

Providing a meal at school is a simple but concrete way to give

poor children a chance to learn and thrive. The implementation of
school feeding program falls squarely within the ambit of the UN
declaration, and at least three of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), namely to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, to achieve
universal primary education and to promote gender equality and
empower women.
BODY

Getting children into school is only half the battle. To benefit from
schooling, children need to actually attend school on a consistent basis, yet
illness keeps thousands of school children at home. Food alone is not enough
but rather you need a combination of food, health and care. Nutrition
education and iron supplements are also widely seen as better school based
nutrition interventions.
Hunger, a preventable yet persisting problem, hinders children from
achieving their full potential.Under nutrition makes a child more vulnerable to
diseases, disabilities, and death. It also disrupts a childs mental and physical
development which may lead to poor productivity in adulthood.
Concentration, critical thinking, creativity, and even their social abilities
may be negatively affected. Instead of focusing on class activities, they may also
be too distracted by struggle of hunger.

School feeding programs (SFPs) are intended to alleviate short-term

hunger, improve nutrition and cognition of children, and transfer income to
families. Analysis of the articles revealed relatively consistent positive effects of
school feeding in its different modalities on energy intake, micronutrient
status, school enrollment, and attendance of the children participating in SFPs
compared to non-participants.
They become better students when their bodies are well nourished and
healthy. The incentive of getting a meal also reduces absenteeism. Most
importantly, performance improves and drop-out rates decreases and a regular
de-worming exercise also improves schooling outcomes.

CONCLUSION

With regards to enrolment, school feeding program has impacted

positively in increasing the enrolment of pupils who in times of economic crisis
or emergencies in order to assist with sibling care and to generate income.
School feeding program has helped and continues to help in closing the
educational gap between boys and girls which brings benefits society wide.