The government, via the Ministry of Education, has sent a variety of food products to various second-cycle schools in the Ashanti region ahead of school resumption.
The food products that will be delivered to at least four schools will be used to replenish the storerooms of recipient schools in order to feed students enrolled in the flagship Free Senior High School program.
Bags of flour, gallons of cooking oil, and margarine, among other things, were handed to T.I Ahmadiyya Senior High, Opoku Ware School, and Osei Kyeretwie SHS officials ahead of the school’s re-opening.
Reverend Ntim Fordjour, Deputy Minister of Education, presented the recipient schools on behalf of the sector minister.
Many more schools in the Central, Northern, and Ashanti regions, he claims, have received their delivery.
“It is expected that school reopening this week will receive the required stock of food to be able to feed our students in line with the president’s free SHS policy.
“The ministry is also ensuring that all heads of schools receive all that they need to be able to run the 30% perishables they need over the period,” he said.
According to Rev Fordjuor, the consignment is adequate to cover the food requirements of the recipient schools throughout the course of the year.
“These items are sufficient from 5th to 28th January, where students are going to be in school to conclude the academic year for double-track students.
“The ministry interacted with heads of schools, free SHS coordinators also worked together with Buffer Stock, to take stocks of foods they currently have in their storerooms for every food item, and also took account of what was required to shore up, to be able to feed the students for the period sufficiently,” he said.
Ahmed Kweku Boampong, Assistant Headmaster, Administration of T.I. Ahmadiyya SHS, who spoke on behalf of the recipient schools, is pleased with the gift.
“Recently, the conference of heads of assisted secondary schools (CHASS) met with the ministry of education where the ministry promised to supply food items to schools. I am glad they have fulfilled their promise,” he said.
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SOURCE: myjoyonline
