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General News of Monday, June 3, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-06-03
Students threw their lunch consisting of rice balls and peanut soup in the trash cans
The caterer allegedly serving as a bad meal to students from Kwadaso Municipality in the Ashanti region has been suspended, according to the coordinator of the National School Feeding Program.
Dr. Getrude Quashigah stated that the decision to take action against Asantewaa Khadija of the Anglican Elementary School of Ohwimase had been taken as a result of information that the meals served to the students would have been proved below the norm.
Last Wednesday, May 29, angry school teachers protested the poor quality food served to children.
Angry students threw the alleged poorly prepared lunch – rice balls with peanut soup – in the bins to express their dissatisfaction with Mrs. Khadija.
The Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) leadership then ordered the latter to withdraw to investigate this issue, Dr. Quahigah told Myjoyonline during an interview. Another caterer has been given the responsibility of cooking for the children of the affected school, added the coordinator.
"For the moment, we can not send it back on the basis of the report in the media. All caterers have signed contracts with school feeding and there are rules of engagement that must be followed.
"So we have asked a new caterer to take care of and produce the nutritious and healthy food for the children until the end of the audits of Hajia Khadija's conduct.We will then know what final action to take, explain the Dr. Quashigah.
apology
Dr. Quahsigah, who apologized to the children for the unfortunate behavior of the caterer, pointed out that management would not tolerate any embarrbadment on the part of a caterer, as the government seeks to revolutionize the program. 39, school feeding in Ghana.
Dr. Gertrude Quashigah, Coordinator of the National School Feeding Program,
She warned other caterers across the country to learn the lessons of the Hajia Khadija case and to abstain from the school feeding standards set for all caterers.
The coordinator reaffirmed the plans of the Ghana School Feeding Program and its development partners to train all caterers in the country to improve their cooking skills.
She said that the goal of school feeding is to feed children with a nutritious meal that would prevent them from malnutrition, improve their health and liveliness, among others.
She said that several steps were being taken to address the many challenges facing caterers and the program for the benefit of children.
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