A total of 77,867 pupils in 183 public basic schools in the Brong Ahafo Region are benefiting from the Ghana Shcool Feeding Programme.

The progarmme was introuduced by the government to help reduce extreme hunger and poverty among school children.

The Regional Co-oridantor of the programme, Ansu Kumi announced this at a workshop to help caterers acquire knowledge in food prepareation to ensure that the children are provided with the right nutreints.

It was also aimed at sensitising pariticipants to conform to health, nutritional and sanitation standards of food prepartion.

Mr Kumi cautioned participants to abide by the rules and regulatons of the proagramme in order to sustain it, adding that any worker caught engaging in negative acts would be dealt with accordingly.

Mr Kumi asked the participants to purchase local items to create ready market for peasant farmers, which he said was and objective of the feeding programme.