{"id":1148823,"date":"2022-07-14T07:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T07:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/14\/koko-without-sugar-a-fathers-complaint-about-wards-hunger-as-food-shortage-hits-shs-hard\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T07:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T07:37:27","slug":"koko-without-sugar-a-fathers-complaint-about-wards-hunger-as-food-shortage-hits-shs-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/14\/koko-without-sugar-a-fathers-complaint-about-wards-hunger-as-food-shortage-hits-shs-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKoko without sugar\u201d \u2013 A father\u2019s complaint about ward\u2019s hunger as food shortage hits SHS hard \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Several complaints have been made by a parent of a senior high school student concerning how pupils are served at the school facilities.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Koko\u2019 (porridge) without sugar is being provided to his child because of food scarcity, according to the emotionally disturbed parent.<\/p>\n<p>A distraught parent said on Joy FM\u2019s Super Morning Show that pupils were sometimes only fed once a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur children are very hungry. They wrote the exams on empty stomachs. They give them just a ladle of \u2018koko\u2019 without bread, groundnut and sometimes no sugar,\u201d he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>The concerned parent described the situation as deplorable and urged the government to take action as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>As educators, we must ask ourselves, \u201cWhat type of education system are we running?\u201d In order to feed these pupils, we are progressively educating them to steal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Headteachers who speak out about their schools\u2019 shortcomings should not be punished by the government, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Food shortage has been a topical issue in secondary schools for weeks now as some selected food items have not been delivered to various schools causing students to live on the scanty foodstuff left.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"D1E90GwTats\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We&#039;re tired of eating gob3 Monday to Saturday - St Joseph SHS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1E90GwTats?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Several complaints have been made by a parent of a senior high school student concerning how pupils are served at the school facilities. \u2018Koko\u2019 (porridge) without sugar is being provided to his child because of food scarcity, according to the emotionally disturbed parent. 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