ON THE ENROLLMENT OF BENEFICIARY SCHOOLS IN THE TAMALE METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

The study assessed the Ghana School Feeding programme on the enrolment of beneficiary schools in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region. The case study design was used particularly targeting teachers, caterers, head teachers and key actors in the four selected beneficiary schools. Questionnaires and interview guides were used. The key findings revealed that, there has been a significant increase in enrolment of beneficiary schools. Pupils are motivated to stay in school, and as a result, there has been an improvement in the universal basic education. The beneficiary schools of GSFP are not without challenges since the study revealed that there is lack of commitment from key actors in the implementation of the programme. The study recommends that, since the majority of the respondents are aware of the existence of the GSFP, they should be educated on its implementation to improve on the performance of the programme. Also the provision of the one hot nutritious meal should be supplemented with some snacks in other to make the GSFP better. Efforts should be made by government to increase the amount of money per child from fifty pesewas to one Ghana cedis to enable caterers provide nutritious meals to the pupils