Abstract:
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) faces much criticism in areas of service
quality, food quality, food quantity, environmental quality, and menu standardisation.
The aimed at investigating the compliance of meal service caterer’s roles and their impact
on the school feeding programme at the beneficiary basic public schools under the school
feeding programme (SFP) in the Akuapem South District. The study adopted survey
research design. The target population comprised caterers and heads at basic public
schools in the Akuapem South District. Purposive sampling was used in selecting 66
caterers and 22 heads of the beneficiary basic public schools under the SFP in the
Akuapem South District. Questionnaire and interview were used to gather information
from the respondents. The finding showed that the caterers pay staff who are employed
from the beneficiary community, buy at least 20% value of foodstuffs from smallholder
farmers, and comply with food safety and hygiene procedures. The study revealed that
the caterers sometimes follow a few personal hygiene rules, and sometimes adhered to
proper procedure of cooking, holding, and serving food to the school children. The study
found no association between age group of caterers and compliance of role in SFP
(F(df)=1.567, p=0.196>0.05). The study found that compliance of caterer’s role under
the SFP differ with respect to their educational level (F(df)=2.735, p=0.005<0.01). Also,
an insignificant association was found between compliance of caterer’s role and the
number of years working in the SFP (F(df)= 1.421, P=0.203<0.01). The study concluded
that compliance of caterers role had a significant effect on the performance of SFP. It
was recommended that the coordinators of the SFP should organise periodic seminars,
and training programmes to educate caterers of the SFP regarding their roles and the
hygienic practices that could guarantee the pupils health.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM EDUCATION
Faculty of VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, submitted to the
School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial fulfillment of
the requirement for the award of the Master of Philosophy (Catering and Hospitality
Education) degree.
