The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has voiced its dissatisfaction regarding the prolonged delay in distributing food supplies to Senior High Schools nationwide.

CHASS is calling for Senior High Schools to have the option to procure their own food supplies for their students.

Addressing the 61st National Annual Conference, Reverend Steven Owusu Sekyere, the President of CHASS, emphasized the need for CHASS to have a say in the selection of food supplies for schools.

He pointed out that allowing schools to independently purchase their food supplies would help resolve the logistical and operational issues that frequently disrupt food distribution to various SHSs across the country.

“We are urging management to ensure a timely release of the entire funding for schools to make our work less stressful, and monies allocated for all activities must be increased significantly to meet the current market price of goods and services. This will help to provide our students with the required resources for their educational needs,” he said.

“CHASS also passionately wishes to reiterate our plea to management to allow the various schools to procure the food items to feed the students. This has been our unblemished request for years, and it is due to the way some suppliers sometimes disappoint us in supplying some food items on time. We are of the firm belief that procuring the food items by ourselves will reduce the logistical and operational challenges that come with it,” he added.