Jace Pillay
Is School Lunch Connected to Literacy Achievement in Primary School Children? A South African Perspective
National Research Foundation|University of Johannesburg|Soweto CTC
study investigated school lunch achievements literacy sample south african primary school children data collected quantitative survey administered pupils n 160 four grade 5 7 classes school soweto survey consisted five literacy tests standardized doit profiler uk based institute shape learner south african based consultancy additionally survey included questions pertaining children taking lunch school results show learners sometimes lunch obtained statistically significantly lower marks combined learner profiler tests learners form lunch provided specifically learners sometimes lunch performed noticeably lower sound text correct word likely real word test based social justice theory author discusses implications findings literacy achievement children take lunch school