Gender Minister, Pupils celebrate “My 1st Day With GSFP”

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba on Wednesday joined several hundreds of school children at the basic level on their first day at school, as they enjoyed the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) for the first time.
Adorned in their brand new popular “tea and bread” uniforms, depicting them as freshers, the pupils amidst endless cheers and smiles received the Minister and her entourage to their schools.
Otiko Djaba at all the schools she visited found time to interact with the pupils and encouraged them to see the school environment as their second home and their teachers as their own parents.

The Gender Minister who visited the schools on behalf of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said, her mission was to see how the children were faring in school and also check on the operations of the school feeding caterers.

She also unveiled a possible plan by her Ministry to adopt the South La Estate Primary 1, 2 and 3 as a model school.
The Headmistress of the School, Mary Amosah thanked the Minister for the visit to the school even though on a surprise note.
She admitted that the school feeding programme was making a lot of impact in the school as more pupils are now enrolled and continue to stay in school.
The quality of the meal she said had also improved and appealed to the Minister to extend Ghana School Feeding Programme to benefit the Junior High School pupils.