The National President of the CHASS, Rev. Stephen Owusu Sekyere has made a humble appeal to members of the Parent Teacher Associations at the various Senior High Schools in the country to ensure feeding is sustained under the Free SHS Feeding programme.

According to Rev. Stephen Owusu Sekyere, the Heads of Schools are facing herculean challenges in the management of the Free SHS as far as the feeding of the students were concerned.

There were reports that the Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has urged parents and guardians to assist with the feeding challenges in senior high schools. CHASS had earlier appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider the reopening of high schools, citing unresolved financial issues, including the government's non-payment for perishable foods provided for students last year. However, the GES rejected this appeal.

Five days after schools reopened, the National Secretary of CHASS, Primus Baro, says that the situation in high schools is dire, with many institutions having to ration food. He therefore encouraged parents to support their children with food items for use at school to complement the government's provision.

But speaking to SOMPA NEWS, the President of CHASS, Rev. Stephen Owusu Sekyere says they are currently having no financial means to provide feeding to the students.

He indicated that the government’s assurance of paying them the arrears were yet to hit their accounts though some heads have also confirmed they have received their monies.

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