3/18/2024 0 Comments Tema international school![]() Presently, over 32,496 caterers and cooks are employed by the government under the school feeding programme in over 10,832 public basic schools to provide the children with one hot nutritious meal on every school going day in all 260 districts nationwide. National coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Gertrude Quashigah The number of beneficiary pupils of the programme was increased from 1,671,777 million in 2016/2017 to 3,448,065 in 2021 by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo which has resulted in high enrolment figures, high attendance and retention in the beneficiary schools. The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta at the reading of the 2022 Budget Statement in Parliament last Wednesday, announced that the beneficiary pupils under the Ghana School Feeding Programme would be increased from the current 3.4 million to over four million beneficiaries in the next academic year. The National coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme ( GSFP), Gertrude Quashigah, has lauded the government’s pronouncement to increase the number of beneficiary pupils in 2022, following the significant impact the programme is making in the development of education in Ghana. ![]()
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