General News of Tuesday, 2 May 2017Source: citifmonline.comUpper East SHS students cry out to government over feeding grant arrearsDelays in the on-payment of feeding grants to schools in the northern Ghana is commonContinuing students of second cycle institutions in the Upper East Region are appealing to government to settle their feeding grant arrears to enable them reopen on the 4th of May 2017. Various second cycle institutions are expected to reopen on Thursday 4th May, 2017, but head teachers of these schools in the region have entreated students not to report until their feeding grants are released. Government owed second cycle schools in the region for three academic terms; the third term of 2015/2016 and the first and second terms of 2016/2017 academic years respectively. So we are appealing to government to come to our aid and pay the feeding grants for us”. Delays in the on-payment of feeding grants to schools in northern Ghana, have become a common phenomenon which often affects teaching and learning in these schools.

Source: GhanaWeb May 02, 2017 14:37 UTC