The school feeding programme sfp like the other national social protection. Pdf assessment of the school feeding programme in ghana. Jan, 2017 official government of ghana website, ghana news. The distortive effects of ghanas school feeding programme on. Pdf the challenges and prospects of the school feeding. The acm school in winneba, ghana currently has no food program or access to water.
The policy provides broad guidelines, strategies and institutional framework for the operationalisation of government policy towards reducing poverty through improved household income and effective local economic. Clement adamba school of education and leadership, university of ghana. Ghana school feeding programme gsfp initiative and the. The gsfp aimed to provide children in public primary schools and kindergartens in the poorest. Synopsis school feeding programs are targeted social safety nets that provide both educational and health benefits to the most vulnerable children, thereby increasing enrollment rates, reducing absenteeism, and impro. Tracking implementation of the ghana school feeding program. Pdf this report on school feeding is the result of collaboration between the haas school of business, uc berkeley and the ghana institute of. A case study of nyoglo of the savelugunantong municipality, ghana article pdf available. World food programme to support ghana school feeding.
Feeding programme, to investigate the effects of school feeding programme on pupils attendance and to determine the effects of school feeding programme on pupils academic performance. A study of primary schools in the aburaasebukwamankese district in the central region of ghana. The challenges and prospects of the school feeding programme in northern ghana article pdf available in development in practice vol. Pdf the impacts and challenges of the ghana school feeding programme as a social protection tool eric h yeboah academia. The gsfp is an initiative under the comprehensive africa agricultural development pillar 3 seeks to enhance food security and. Tetra paks business and development goal case solution,school feeding program in nigeria a.
An assessment of the effects of the ghana school feeding. International journal of research in social sciences, vol 4, no. Ghana school feeding programme to recruit new caterers. In february contracts were signed by beneficiaries of ghanas school feeding programme, ensuring that caterers are able to purchase quality food directly from the farmers, allowing them to get good prices for farmer produce, and so that farmers have ready access to markets. The school foods have high levels of carbohydrates especially with rice, banku, maize meals that are served. Effect of the national school feeding programme on pupils enrolment, attendance and retention.
It began in 1979 with a government led school milk program. As a policy measure, the government of ghana piloted the school feeding program in the year 2005 to provide food to basic school children with the specific goal of reducing hunger, malnutrition, increasing enrollment and boosting domestic food productions among deprived communities in ghana. Pdf there is a general problem of enrolment to basic education in. As years went by, the school feeding program chalked. However, some governments have first started school.
The effects of school feeding programme on enrolment and. Michael nsowah has revealed that despite the numerous benefits of the gsfp, it is an expensive program for. Poor nutrition in the school feeding program in the ashomang primary school is of interest. Ministry of health ghana health and partners such as focussing on promotion of womens nutrition before, during and after pregnancy, optimal breast feeding including the context of hiv and aids, optimal complementary feeding, control of vitamin a, anaemia and. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp is a pilot project to provide food to children at school. Though high school performance by the pupils is supposed to be an indirect impact of school feeding on pupils participating in the programme, there has been limited or insufficient research into the relationships between nutritional status, the participation in school feeding programs and school performance. Improving nutrition in the school feeding program for. This study seeks to assess the role of the ghana school feeding programme in girls enrolment, attendance and retention in some basic schools in the wa. The national secretariat ghana school feeding programme. The ghana school feeding program gsfp introduced in 2005, adopted the homegrown approach as a means of not only addressing nutrition and education issues, but also improving the lives of local smallholder farming families.
Ghana school feeding program gsfp which was introduced in 2005 to provide. This evaluation focusses on the government of ghana school feeding programme. However, only about 5% of day schools were noted to be providing one meal mainly drinks and snacks as lunch. Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition. The ghana school feeding programme aims at reducing hunger and malnutrition in primary school children, increasing enrollment, attendance and retention in primary schools and boosting domestic food production ghana government, 2006a. At school lunch provision through the ghana school feeding programme gsfp is a child survival, health promotion and food security intervention implemented in selected schools in all 216 districts nationwide with the nutrition objective of reducing shortterm hunger and malnutrition. Buharis homegrown school feeding programme kicks off in anambra. The programme is part of ghanas efforts towards the attainment of theunited nations millennium. Studies have proven that these interventions are making significant impact in the area of education in the country isser, 2009.
My focus for now is on the school feeding program going on in our basic schools. The gsfp is a multisectoral programme that has objectives in education, agric, health and nutrition, and importantly poverty. Thank you to the members of the district health management teams of the nine districtssene. In 2016, the school feeding programme would be expanded to cover 3,000,000 pupils nationwide and to facilitate transparency and accountability in the. Over 800 students attend this great school with incredible teachers and need, at the very least, a lunch meal and. The study assessed the impact of the ghana school feeding programme gsfp on the nutritional status of. Tetra paks business and development goal case analysis, school feeding program in nigeria a. In addition to improving the health and education statistics of the youth, this program will create more income for farmers, who will produce the necessary resources. Ghana government launches national school feeding policy. Data were collected using questionnaire, interview, and focus group discussion. Main focus is to discuss issues concerning basic education in ghana. Contract management monitoring and evaluation of ghana school. The wfpassisted programme started with 220,000 pupils at the preschool and primary school level. As part of plans to expand the beneficiaries on the ghana school feeding programme gsfp to 1.
In february contracts were signed by beneficiaries of ghana s school feeding programme, ensuring that caterers are able to purchase quality food directly from the farmers, allowing them to get good prices for farmer produce, and so that farmers have ready access to markets. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp in collaboration with development partners world food programme wfp, netherlands development organisation, snv, partnership for child development pcd and alliance for a green revolution in africa agra recently held a twoday intensive home grown school feeding national learning event in accra. The ghana promotion of complementary feeding practices project would like to express our profound gratitude to the regional health management team of brong ahafo for their immense contributions and support. The dutch government pledged to support the government of ghana with feeding grant for the first fouryear phase of the ghana school feeding programme 2007 to 2010. Dec 18, 2014 main focus is to discuss issues concerning basic education in ghana. Dec 09, 2016 home news buharis homegrown school feeding programme kicks off in anambra. School feeding program is too expensive for country. The development of a training manual for district and subdistrict level actors was. Review the 2011 district operations manual to take account of the proposed. Gsfp ghana school feeding program gsfp ghana school feeding program mdgs millennium development goals mdp mission development program moec ministry of education and culture moevt ministry of education and vocational training nepad the new partnership on africas development ngos nongovernment organizations. School feeding programmes in kenya kenya has over 30 years history of primary school feeding programme. Over 800 students attend this great school with incredible teachers and need, at. The impact of the ghana school feeding programme on. The statement said the facts about the dutch governments support for direct feeding and technical assistance is as follows.
Netherlands school feeding program for children in ghana. School feeding in lowincome countries often starts through funding by international organizations such as the united nations world food programme or the world bank or national governments through programs such as the mcgoverndole international food for education and child nutrition program. Examining the implementation of the ghana school feeding policy. Two main systems through which certain governments are using to achieve this aim are the abolition of school fees and the school feeding programme. The policy provides broad guidelines, strategies and institutional framework for the operationalisation of government policy towards reducing poverty through improved household income and effective local economic development. Ghanas school feeding programme has reached millions of children in the past 11 years. As of 2011, the ghana school feeding programme gsfp reached over 1. Contract management, monitoring and evaluation of ghana school feeding programme at atwima.
The contribution of the ghana schools feeding programme to. Feb 17, 2017 as a policy measure, the government of ghana piloted the school feeding program in the year 2005 to provide food to basic school children with the specific goal of reducing hunger, malnutrition, increasing enrollment and boosting domestic food productions among deprived communities in ghana. Pdf effect of the national school feeding programme on. Linking nutrition to agriculture through school feeding.
This study therefore seeks to assess the ghana school feeding programme on school enrolment in the tamale metropolis of northern ghana. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp has the potential to contribute. The target population for the study was sixtyeight 68 participating schools in the ga south municipality of the greater accra region and other stakeholders of the programme. The analysis involved frequencies of particular responses which were. In line with the terms of reference, it focuses on governance structures, financing and procurement dimensions. Jul 23, 2016 government has launched the ghana school feeding policy as part of measures to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and achieve universal primary education. Retooling for a sustainable future technical report pdf available june 2011 with 850 reads how we measure reads.
Atschool lunch provision through the ghana schoolfeeding programme gsfp is a child survival, health promotion and food security intervention implemented in selected schools in all 216 districts nationwide with the nutrition objective of reducing shortterm hunger and malnutrition. Ministry of health ghana health and partners such as focussing on promotion of womens nutrition before, during and after pregnancy, optimal breastfeeding including the context of hiv and aids, optimal complementary feeding, control of vitamin a, anaemia and. Nutritional status of pupils attending public schools with. The purpose of the study was to examine how the ghana school feeding programme gsfp has impacted on enrolment, attendance and retention of children in some beneficiary basic schools in ga south municipality. With this school feeding program, ghana aims at achieving total eradication of undernourishment of children within 5 to 10 years. Linking agriculture to school feeding in 2003, nepad, in collaboration with wfp and the millennium hunger task force launched the home grown school feeding and health programme initiative concept. School feeding programme to be expanded news ghana. The newly appointed national coordinator of the ghana school feeding program gsfp, mr. Assessment of the school feeding programme in ghana. Tetra paks business and development goal case solution, school feeding program in nigeria a.
Tracking implementation of the ghana school feeding program in march 2007 ghana introduced a national social protection strategy, which included the ghana school feeding program gsfp. The programme is part of ghana s efforts towards the attainment of theunited nations millennium. Country profile of ghana ghana is situated in west africa bordered by cote divoire on the west, togo on the east, burkina faso in the north and the atlantic ocean in the south forming its coastline. The protein components are normally flaked fishes, very tiny pieces of chicken or meat which is. To achieve food security by providing public primary school students with one hot meal per day, usually procured from local farmers ghana school feeding programme skip to main content.
Ms mutinta chimuka, ghana country director of the world food programme wfp, has pledged her commitment to work closely with stakeholders to support and promote the ghana school feeding programme gsfp. Sep 07, 2014 the acm school in winneba, ghana currently has no food program or access to water. Home news ghanas school feeding programme on a collision course. Ghanas school feeding scheme is slowly changing childrens lives.
Government has launched the ghana school feeding policy as part of measures to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and achieve universal primary education. Tetra paks business and development goal case study solution, case documents tetra pak ambitious efforts to cooperate with the governor of nasarawa state in nigeria to. It is run by the gsfp secretariat in partnership with international agencies including the world bank, the world food programme, the partnership for child development and unicef, as well as national organizations including canadian international development agency cida, the us agency for. The documents collected include the wfp, gsfp manual, and so forth. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp commenced in 2005 with the intermediate objective of reducing hunger and malnutrition.
Mar 04, 2016 ms mutinta chimuka, ghana country director of the world food programme wfp, has pledged her commitment to work closely with stakeholders to support and promote the ghana school feeding programme gsfp. Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on childrens educational outcomes. Problem statement school feeding programme is increasingly being viewed as a potential safety net and as a social support measure that helps keep children in school. Pdf the impacts and challenges of the ghana school. Ridge accra contact t 0302 681861 t 0302 681863 t 0302 683890 f 0302 688453 type of business. Enhancing the quality of school feeding programmes in ghana. The above interventions are virtually nonexisting in ghanas school feeding programme since it is evident that, the children are only provided with one main meal without snacks as food supplements. It does important work, but needs more support to grow and become sustainable. Buharis homegrown school feeding programme kicks off in. Ghanas school feeding programme on a collision course. There has however been some information of massive. Keeping children in school while improving their learning and health.
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