The ghana school feeding program gsfp which began in 2005 in 10 pilot schools across the ten regions currently benefits 987 public schools with a total number of 477,714 children in all the 170. Ghana also has a national school feeding program, the ghana school feeding programme gsfp, supervised by the ministry of gender, children, and social protection. In 2015, the ghana school feeding program gsfp reached 1. Unicefsupported school launches feeding programme in. Linking nutrition to agriculture through school feeding. This case study on the ghana school feeding programme is one of 7 deskbased studies on school feeding around the world produced for the world food programme. Over 800 students attend this great school with incredible teachers and need, at the very least, a lunch meal and.
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 challenges and prospects of the school feeding programme. This study seeks to assess the role of the ghana school feeding programme in. Social protection in ghana friedrich ebert foundation.
Gsfp was started in 2005 to meet comprehensive africa agriculture development programme caadp and millennium development goal requirements and targets. In 2005, the ghanaian government launched the ghana school feeding programme gsfp. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp which is the focus of this. The workshop was geared towards equipping the zonal coordinators with the relevant knowledge in order to effectively monitor the activities of beneficiary schools. As part of plans to expand the beneficiaries on the ghana school feeding programme gsfp to 1. School feeding is also considered as a reliable source of nutritious food for disadvantaged children with limited access to adequate food diets. As years went by, the school feeding program chalked. Effect of the national school feeding programme on pupils enrolment, attendance and retention. You will be working at west riding, a respectable primary school near cape town, which caters for around 600 children from 5 years of age.
In an attempt to improve the welfare of vulnerable children, most governments in africa have introduced some kind of a school feeding program sfp that provides either rations, meals andor snacks to school aged children in poor communities. The challenges and prospects of the school feeding. Project proposal school feeding programme kaumuzya basic. Occasionally there may be opportunities to interact with the children to help improve their reading ability and understanding of english. The challenges and prospects of the school feeding programme in northern ghana mohammed sulemana, ibrahim ngah, and m. It began in 1979 with a government led school milk program.
In an attempt to reduce poverty, the government of ghana gog with support from the dutch government commenced the implementation of the ghana school feeding programme gsfp in 2005. School meals program implemented at scale in ghana. The acm school in winneba, ghana currently has no food program or access to water. The gsfp is a multisectoral programme that has objectives in education, agric, health and nutrition, and importantly poverty. The school feeding programme the school feeding programme will have the same food as what the children are used to eat at home see app. However, it has not been sustainable because the government of ghana gog refocussed on the financial support of other sectors of the economy.
Previous forms of social protection in ghana at ghanas independence in 1957 the government provided free health care services to its population which was solely financed from tax revenues. Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on education, nutrition, and agriculture in ghana. The distortive effects of ghanas school feeding programme on. Grown school feeding and health programme initiative concept. 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.
World food programme to support ghana school feeding. To assess the opportunities that the ghana school feeding programme is capable of offering to retain or increase enrolment of the beneficiary schools in the tamale metropolis. 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. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp has requested the ministry of finance to increase the feeding grant allocated to children under the programme. The open ended format allowed exploration of the range of.
In ghana, wfp supports government to provide onsite school meals to 48,000 school children and takehome rations to 30,000 school girls in the northern parts of the country. Abuja, 27 september 2005 as the new school year starts in nigeria, the ministry of education chose a unicefsupported school to launch a major national programme, aimed at providing one meal per day to all pupils during schools days. School feeding in ghana investment case cost benefit analysis. Pdf effect of the national school feeding programme on. In line with the terms of reference, it focuses on governance structures, financing and procurement dimensions. The children displaying the launch the muchtouted school feeding programme which earned a mention at the september 2011 united nations general assemblycourtesy former president mills, has hit. The ghana school feeding programme is a social protection intervention aimed at. In an attempt to improve the welfare of vulnerable children, most governments in africa have introduced some kind of a school feeding program sfp that provides either rations, meals andor snacks to schoolaged children in poor communities. Government has launched the ghana school feeding policy as part of measures to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and achieve universal primary education. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp has the potential to contribute. The issue of school feeding dates back to the 1950s when the cpp government instituted the northern scholarship scheme to cater for the feeding cost of students in the northern part of the country. School feeding programmes in kenya kenya has over 30 years history of primary school feeding programme. First rigorous evaluation of school feeding in ghana theorybased impact evaluation designed around scaleup of gsfp in order to expand the linkages between the programme and local agriculture in high food insecurity areas 116 schools across all regions of ghana randomisation 58 school feeding schools 29 sf standard gsfp model.
It should have all the necessary nutrients that are needed for growing up children. The impact of the ghana school feeding programme on. The study is aimed at examining the effects of sfp on dietary diversity, nutritional status and class attendance of school. Ghana school feeding programme to recruit new caterers. Sep 07, 2014 the acm school in winneba, ghana currently has no food program or access to water. Tracking implementation of the ghana school feeding program.
According to the programme, it had requested an increase from the present 50gp to gh. In the light of this, adverts will be placed in various media for this purpose. The wfpassisted programme started with 220,000 pupils at the preschool and primary school level. There are 863 562 public and private 301 senior high schools which cater for the needs of 837,204 students. 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. School feeding program has resulted in improved dietary. The ghana school feeding programme has been very successful in achieving its goals of reducing hunger and increasing enrollment among school children. The catholic relief services also introduced a feeding scheme in basic schools in the north.
What drives effective school health and school feeding. Ghana government launches national school feeding policy. For this reason, a separate rubricframework has been developed for assessing school feeding policies. In march 2007 ghana introduced a national social protection strategy, which included the ghana school feeding program gsfp. School feeding program is too expensive for country. Ghana home grown school feeding program anh academy. Preliminary findings from a cluster randomised control trial. A case study of nyoglo of the savelugunantong municipality, ghana article pdf available. The effects of school feeding programme on enrolment and. Since then, school feeding programmes have become a key part of food assistance, relief emergency and development programmes. Ghana school feeding programme gsfp initiative and the.
To this effect a comprehensive, financial and performance audit would be conducted in addition to the institution of an electronic payment system to contractors. School feeding program sfp is a targeted safety net program designed to provide educational and health benefits to vulnerable children. The gsfp aimed to provide children in public primary schools and kindergartens in the poorest. School feeding programme to be expanded news ghana. The study was supported by literature from other research studies done on school feeding program and very few from other subject areas. It lacks enough protein for a proper meal therefore this lack needs to. Increase school enrolment,attendance and retention 2. My focus for now is on the school feeding program going on in our basic schools. For each country, we have mentioned the main aims and objectives of the countryspecific school feeding program sfp, its framework, service delivery, nutritional guidelines or the lack of it, and the nutritional composition of menus. School feeding program in adjeikrom, ghana monica e. 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. Over 800 students attend this great school with incredible teachers and need, at. Although school feeding is one component of a broader school health program, the costs and scale of school feeding are much greater than other school health program components. Between 2008 and 2014, the underfive mortality rate declined from 80 to 60 deaths.
Ghana school feeding program gsfp which was introduced in 2005 to provide free. 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. The government began extending the ghana school feeding program to include schools in refugee camps and ratified the minamata convention on mercury, which obligates signatory countries to incorporate strategies to prevent the exposure of children to mercury in gold mining sites. 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 contract signing process has been facilitated by imperial college londons partnership for child development, in. The president of nigeria, chief olusegun obasanjo, kicked off the homegrown school feeding and health programme, at science primary school kuje, near abuja. Previous forms of social protection in ghana at ghana s independence in 1957 the government provided free health care services to its population which was solely financed from tax revenues. The children displaying the launch the muchtouted school feeding programme which earned a mention at the september 2011 united nations. Unicefsupported school launches feeding programme in nigeria. The gsfp aimed to provide children in public primary schools and kindergartens in the poorest areas with one hot, nutritious meal per day, using locally grown foodstuffs. The programme is part of ghanas efforts towards the attainment of theunited nations millennium. Jan 23, 2018 school feeding program sfp is a targeted safety net program designed to provide educational and health benefits to vulnerable children. You will be working at west riding, a respectable primary school near cape town, which caters for around 600 children from 5. The ghana school feeding programme gsfp is a pilot project to provide food to children at school.
The ghana school feeding programme gsfp zonal coordinators have undergone a oneday intensive capacity building workshop at the national secretariat of the programme in accra. Main focus is to discuss issues concerning basic education in ghana. There are 34,304 teachers in public senior high schools of which 86. The educational system in ghana follows a 6334 system. The documents collected include the wfp, gsfp manual, and so forth. Nepad launched homegrown school feeding pilot programme in 12 countries, namely. Dec 18, 2014 main focus is to discuss issues concerning basic education in ghana. Feeding program the school feeding program, run by the accra metropolitan assembly ama with donor support, benefits children at the preschool and primary school levels, in order to provide this age group the necessary nutrition to improve school attendance and learning outcomes.
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