The Head of the Department of Liberal Arts and Communication Studies at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Dr. Wilberforce Sefakor Dzisah, has advocated for the reintroduction of school farming in Ghana to utilize the concept of comparative advantage.
He believes that reviving school farming and cultivating crops like maize, cowpea, and others will significantly improve the quality and nutritional value of food served in schools.
“When schools invest in agriculture like poultry, piggery, and others, you will realize that the whole thing of shortage of food and low nutritious foods in SHS will be a thing of the past,” he said
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Speaking at Keta Senior High School’s 72nd anniversary public lecture on Friday, February 21, Dr. Dzisah urged the National Education Forum committee to consider this initiative of school farming, insisting on its potential to curb food shortages in Senior High Schools.
“We have challenges with feeding; therefore, we need to look at bringing the schools into a direct agreement to complement what the government is doing in terms of feeding. So we should go back to the school farming concept.”
He believes that school farming will “bridge the knowledge gap between the less and most privileged schools while producing agricultural products to support school feeding.”
Dr. Dzisah further expressed concern about the quality of education in the country and called for a review of the Free Senior High School policy to eliminate the challenges it is confronted with.
“Having implemented the Free Senior High School policy for eight years, there is every justification to take stalk and see how we can smooth the rough edges.
“As stakeholders, there is every reason to be worried about the quality of education that is unfolding before our eyes with the evidence of overcrowding, shortages of the pieces of furniture, some students sleeping on the floor, inadequate feeding, and a reduction in students’ teacher contact hours.
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The public lecture was part of a series of activities to mark the school’s 72 years of existence.
The occasion was attended by alumni of the school. They were clad in their respective house dresses with so much joy of seeing the transformation KETASCO has gone through over the years.
They are optimistic about further growth and adorable achievement as they come together as one people to support the growth of the school. The celebration is expected to end on Sunday, 23rd of February.