Benue State University, Makurdi

THEORETICAL IMPLICATION TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HOME GROWN SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA: THE PERSPECTIVE OF CLASSICAL CONDITIONING THEORY AND THE THEORY OF CONNECTIONISM

Paul Agbade Olofu and Virginia Giwa-Amu

Abstract

The Nigerian homegrown school feeding programme which was first introduced in 2005 was not sustained beyond its incubation period except for Osun and Kano States. It was reintroduced again in 2015 but could not be sustained. However, after its introduction in 2016, it has been going on in several states but many states are yet to domestic the programme. Besides, the federal government of Nigeria stopped it for a while after the corona virus lockdown. Thus, this work focused on theoretical Implication to the sustainability of homegrown school feeding programme in Nigeria: The perspective of classical conditioning theory and the theory of connectionism. Considering the relevance of classical conditioning theory and the theory of connectionism, this work tried to use the two theories to explain how they could help the federal government and the state government in particular to domestic and sustain the programme. Each theory was vividly explicated and their respective implications relating to how it can be used to sustain homegrown school feeding programme were provided.

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