Pupils run away from school after eating free meal

olamide oni

March 15, 2016 4:49 PM

Parents have a responsibility of ensuring that the children do not only come to school on time, but remain in school till closing hours.

Students being given free meal

The commissioner for education in Kaduna state, Dr. Shehu Adamu has cried out against the habits of students who, after eating the daily compulsory meals, run away from school under the guise of going to get water.

Dailypost reports that while giving updates about the development of School Feeding Programme which kicked off in January, Adamu urged parents to advise their children to stay in school after the meals.

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

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