Management of Lunch Programme and Its Influence on Educational Outcomes in Public Day Secondary Schools in Mombasa and Kilifi Counties, Kenya

School feeding programmes are primarily for enhancing educational outcomes in order to realize Kenya educational goals of free and compulsory basic education. School feeding programmes have the potential to increase access to primary education, reduce dropout rates, especially in the lower primary school levels, and improve academic achievement of pupils. The purpose of the study was to assess management of lunch programme and its influence on educational outcomes in public day secondary schools in Mombasa and Kilifi Counties, Kenya. Most of the studies on effects of school feeding programmes have been conducted in primary schools but not in secondary schools. The objectives of the study were, to assess financial management of lunch programme and its influence on educational outcomes, to determine procurement procedures of lunch programme and its influence on educational outcomes. The study population will be all the 49 day secondary schools in the Counties, 940 teachers, 49 principals, 49 lunch coordinators and 18,847 students. The study used simple random sampling and stratified random sampling. Stratified random sampling will be used along the following lines The sample size will comprise 17 secondary schools, 17 principals, 17 lunch coordinators, 289 teachers and 377 students. This gave a total of seven hundred respondents from the two Counties. The study employed mixed research design, questionnaires and interview schedules were used for collecting data. Reliability of the research instruments was ascertained through Cronbach technique. Results were presented using counts, percentages, distribution frequency tables, bar graphs and pie- charts. The quantitative analysis of data was performed using version 24 of the Social Package for Sciences (SPSS).The major findings of the study were that management of school lunch programme had a significant influence on realization of educational outcomes; there were malpractices in foodstuffs procurement. The study recommends Ministry of Education and Board of Management to put strategies that will enhance efficient management of lunch programmes in public day secondary schools.