Implementing National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP): How Involved are the Stakeholders?

Abstract

After 1994, there was an emerging demand placed on stakeholders to act as organizational agents. When the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) was introduced schools were expected to determine if the working practices and relationships were healthy enough for the stakeholders to participate and be involved among the stakeholders at a district level. NSNP faced many challenges; non- delivery and delayed delivery of supplies and some stakeholders were not involved in the implementation of the programme. The centralization of the programme at the Provincial level was also an implementation challenge. Participative leadership model was adopted as this study looked at the involvement of stakeholders in the implementation of NSNP in one education district from South Africa. Qualitative approach through interpretative paradigm was adopted. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Data revealed that the stakeholders are not fully involved in implementing the NSNP. Department of Education need to enhance the involvement of stakeholders through establishing clear guidelines that define the specific roles of SGB members in the NSNP.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n27p381