Feed yourselves – Teacher trainees told

The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) has asked all teacher trainees to fund their feeding beginning 8 May 2022.

This directive was in response to colleges of education’s inability to pay for food items supplied to them.

According to PRINCOF, suppliers who delivered food items to education colleges for months without payment have withdrawn their services until payment.

“Most colleges now have food items that can last only one week if students are to be provided with three (3) meals a day,” PRINCOF said in a letter to the Education Minister.

Consequently, PRINCOF has suggested that “trainee teachers will be provided with two meals, breakfast and supper only for one week, from April 23 to April 30, 2022. Trainee teachers from May 1 to May 8, 2022, shall be given lunch only. After May 8, trainee teachers would be asked to provide their own meals until their feeding allowances have been paid,” it said.

Meanwhile, food vendors are being encouraged to increase the number of daily meals they cook for sale to students.

“These measures are meant to ensure that there is no disruption of the academic calendar,” the letter concluded.