CHASS Urges Government: Allow SHSs to Procure Their Own Food Supplies
Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools Seeks Autonomy in Food Procurement to Alleviate Supply Challenges
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the long delay in the disbursement of foodstuffs to senior high schools across the country.
CHASS is requesting that senior high schools be given the opportunity to purchase their own food items for their students.
Speaking at the 61st National Annual Conference, the President of CHASS, Reverend Steven Owusu Sekyere, said that CHASS must have a say in the food items given to schools.
He intimated that allowing schools to purchase their own food items would help eliminate the logistical and operational challenges that often plague food supply to the various SHSs across the country.
“We are urging management to ensure a timely release of the entire funding for schools to make our work less stressful, and monies allocated for all activities must be increased significantly to meet the current market price of goods and services. This will help to provide our students with the required resources for their educational needs,” he said.
