Abstract:
Ghana as a developing country embraces formal education is pivotal in its development
agenda. Furtherance to this agenda, Ghana was among the first ten developing
countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to implement a School Feeding Programme using the
NEPAD model. The long term goal of the School Feeding Programme in Ghana, is to
contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development goals (MDGs) 1&2 which
aim at eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and to achieve universal primary
education. Specifically, the school feeding programme in Ghana seeks to motivate
parents to send their wards to school, improve school attendance, participation and
retention and to improve the nutritional status of primary children in vulnerable
communities in the country. Empirical research studies available suggest that the
programme has witness some successes since its inception 2005, in areas such as
primary school enrollment, participation and retention. However, it appears the
programme is bedeviled with some of implementation challenges that pose serious
threat to achieving the lofty benefits enshrined in the long term goals and sustainability
of the programme. This paper sought to examine the issues and challenges of the GSFP
in the KEEA Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana and offer some suggestions and
recommendations for the improvement and sustainability of the programme.
