Funds for feeding grants for second cycle institutions have been released to the various school under the scheme.
The total amount of GH¢ 106, 697, 628. 80 is in respect of the third term feeding grant of 137, 300 students for the 2015/2016 academic year and 140, 264 students for the 2016/2017 academic year.
A statement from the Ministry of Finance aid that the funds had been released to the Registrar of Scholarships for payment of feeding grants for second cycle schools.
It further indicated that the ministry is processing the remaining claims for the 2016/2017 academic year.
The release of the grants to the schools will be a sigh of relief for the various second cycle institutions in Northern Ghana since schools have had to postpone their dates for reopening due to the inability of the schools to pay their suppliers.
By: a1radioonline.com/Ghana