The President of the National Association of Domestic Bursars and Matrons (NADBAM), Margaret Asamoah, has made a strong argument on the need for the government to add Soybeans regularly to the menu of students in Senior High Schools in the country.
According to her, Soya beans are made up of 38% protein, 20% fat, 12% carbohydrate, 18% fiber and 8% water, whilst the other 4% is made up of other substances, including vitamins and minerals.
Soya beans are a rich source of vitamins and minerals such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B5, E, and folic acid, therefore considered highly nutritious.
She is, therefore, of the view that if the government considered adding soya beans, it would go a long way to improve the nutrition of the meals.
She made the remarks at a training capacity workshop organised by members of NADBAM at the Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) in Akyem Kukurantumi.
The training workshop was on the theme “Incorporating locally produced food into Free SHS feeding; the role of Domestic Bursars and Matrons.”
The workshop aimed at building the capacity of Matrons for the inclusion of soybeans meals into the menu for students in Senior High Schools to improve the quality of flood served them students.
The decision by the association to incorporate Soybeans in the menu of schools comes a few weeks after the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) raised serious concerns over the challenges facing the schools in serving students quality meals, as a result of the poor quality and low quantity of food supplied by the National Buffer Stock Company.
The President of the Association urged the matrons to think outside the box and use locally produced seasonal food crops in their respective regions to cook for the students to help improvise with the little resources available.
She said this would not only relieve the schools from financial stress, but will also increase the nutritional value chain of meals prepared for the students, since the raw local foods are more nutritious than refined imported foods, adding that it would also boost the government’s flagship programme – Planting for Food and Jobs.
Present at the opening ceremony was the Akyem Tafohene, Osabarima Adusei Peasah, the Deputy Education Minister, Gifty Twum Ampofo, and the Municipal Chief Executive for Abuakwa North, Owusu Twum Ampofo.
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