Also known as: GSFP · Ghana School Feeding Programme Secretariat · the School Feeding Programme
Ghana School Feeding Programme — government initiative serving 4.53 million children daily with increased 2026 budget allocation of GH₵1.982 billion at GH₵2 per meal.
… National Coordinator-Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Hajia Fati Forgor, noted that following the model’s successful outcomes, its findings will help inform national policy on potentially expanding state-backed school feeding initiatives to low-fee private schools at scale. …
… On the other hand, the Ghana School Feeding Programme terminated caterers’ contracts nationwide amid unsettled arrears and on-going programme restructuring, disrupting meals for nearly four million children. …
… The programme, operating in 207 low-fee private schools, is being implemented through a partnership involving the WFP, the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), the Ministry of Education and other key stakeholders. …
… On the other hand, the Ghana School Feeding Programme terminated caterers’ contracts nationwide amid unsettled arrears and on-going programme restructuring, disrupting meals for nearly four million children. …
… She added that the Ministry continues to advance social protection through programmes such as the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) and the Ghana School Feeding Programme. …
… She stressed that sustainable development depends on the active involvement of key stakeholders, particularly traditional leaders, and noted that the Ministry is implementing targeted interventions such as LEAP and the Ghana School Feeding Programme. …
The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations Ghana has welcomed teacher unions' decision to call off their strike and urged parents to prepare children to return to school on Monday, October 12, 2026. The Council expressed gratitude to President Mahama and both government and union negotiators for reaching an agreement, and called on all parties to honour commitments on promotion arrears, allowances, and the expired collective agreement.
The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations Ghana has welcomed teacher unions' decision to call off their strike and urged parents to prepare children to return to school on Monday, October 12, 2026. The Council expressed gratitude to President Mahama and both government and union negotiators for reaching an agreement, and called on all parties to honour commitments on promotion arrears, allowances, and the expired collective agreement.
Civil Society Organisations have called on the government to accelerate the release of funds allocated to climate action, gender-responsive programmes, and environmental protection, citing significant gaps between budget allocations and actual releases as of June 2026. Kasa Initiative Ghana and ABANTU for Development noted that while the 2026 Budget increased allocations, programmes like LEAP had received only 44 per cent of their annual allocation by mid-year.
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection announced increased government investment in Ghana's School Feeding Programme, with funding rising from GH¢1.393 billion in 2024 to GH¢1.788 billion in 2025 and GH¢1.982 billion in 2026. The feeding grant per child has increased from GH¢1.50 to GH¢2 per day to enable better-quality meals for more than 4.5 million enrolled children.
Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey announced that Ghana's School Feeding Programme now reaches 4.53 million children daily with a 2026 budget of GH₵1,982,000,000 at GH₵2.00 per meal, representing a 42 per cent increase in allocation. The government cleared caterer arrears from 2024 and expanded compliance monitoring to 8,270 schools while training 20,171 caterers and head cooks.
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The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection inspected a nutrition training programme for Ghana School Feeding Programme caterers in Tamale, which brought together caterers from six regions to improve their knowledge of nutrition, food safety, hygiene and meal preparation. The Minister emphasised that the programme must ensure school meals contribute to children's growth, health and learning ability, and called for sustained capacity building and effective monitoring to improve meal quality.
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The Government will not expand the Ghana School Feeding Programme to cover additional schools in 2026 due to budgetary constraints, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection announced in Parliament. The minister stated that the programme did not receive financial clearance under the 2026 Appropriation, though the government has instead prioritised improving meal quality and providing relief to caterers.
Ghana's Gender Minister told Parliament on Wednesday that no additional schools will be added to the Ghana School Feeding Programme in 2026 because the 2026 budget allocation did not provide financial clearance for expansion, though the government remains committed to long-term strengthening of the programme.
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has launched investigations into concerns raised by parents and teachers over the quality and quantity of meals served to pupils under the Ghana School Feeding Programme at Buaduyili Primary School in Nanumba North Municipality, Northern Region.
The World Food Programme's daily school meal programme is keeping 60,000 children in classrooms across Northern Ghana, improving school attendance and learning readiness while supporting smallholder farmers' incomes through locally sourced food. The US-funded intervention operates in 207 low-fee private schools and faces a funding transition as the current cycle concludes in June 2026.
At the IMF-World Bank spring meetings in April 2026, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that global growth has declined from 3.4% in 2025 to 3.1% in 2026, with particular vulnerability for sub-Saharan African countries that import energy and have limited policy space. She cautioned that global public debt is on track to breach 100% of GDP by 2029, the highest level since 1948.
The World Food Programme, in collaboration with Ghana's Government and the United States, completed a field assessment of an integrated school feeding programme benefiting about 60,000 pupils across Northern Ghana in 207 low-fee private schools. The three-day mission evaluated the intervention's impact on education, nutrition, health and community livelihoods as the implementation cycle approaches completion in June 2026, revealing significant improvements in school enrolment, attendance and classroom participation.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned at April 2026 spring meetings that global growth declined from 3.4% in 2025 to 3.1% in 2026, with sub-Saharan African countries most vulnerable to negative impacts, particularly those that import energy and have limited policy space; global public debt is projected to breach 100% of GDP by 2029.
Ghana's Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection held a high-level engagement with leadership of the Queen Mothers Association from all 16 regions to strengthen collaboration on gender equality and community development. The delegation highlighted its role in promoting inclusivity and community participation, reaffirmed support for government initiatives, and called for deeper inclusion of queen mothers in governance structures.
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection held talks with the Queen Mothers Association, representing all sixteen regions, to advance gender equality and community-led development. The Queen Mothers outlined their mandate to promote inclusivity and grassroots development, and called for deeper engagement and stronger representation in governance structures.