The government has made an allocation of GH¢564.6 million for comprehensive provision of free curricula-based textbooks.
This will be covering the four (4) sets of KG books and workbooks for about 2.8 million learners; four (4) sets of primary textbooks for 800,000 learners; and nine (9) sets of JHS 3 textbooks for 540,000 learners.
Under the School Feeding Programme, budgetary provision has been increased from GH¢1.344 billion to GH¢1.788 billion in 2025, representing a 33% increase, the Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, announced in his presentation of the 2025 budget statement.
According to the minister, the allocation for 2025 reflects an increase in the feeding cost per meal per child per day from GH¢1.50 to GH¢2.00, representing 33.3%.
He further announced that the government has allocated GH¢145.5 million to the Capitation Grant, up from GH¢84 million in 2024; this is an increase of 73.2% over the previous year’s allocation.
He added that for teacher training allowances, the government has allocated Ghc203 million to pay trainees.
‘’We have also allocated GH¢203 million for the payment of the teacher trainee allowances and another GH¢480 million for nursing trainee allowances.’’
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana