Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, has expressed opposition to the proposal to eliminate the double-track system in senior high schools.
He described the double track as a research-driven, results-oriented initiative.
He argued that removing it would deny countless Ghanaian students access to free senior high school education.
The Minister argued that the system is critical to increasing educational opportunities and ensuring that more students benefit from the government’s Free Senior High School policy.
He said this during an unannounced visit to the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (PRESEC).
He explained that the double-track system was created with the goal of increasing secondary education access throughout Ghana, particularly in high-demand schools where enrolment has previously been limited due to facility constraints.
“This year, a number of schools are moving away from Double Track because they have enough facilities. So the whole premise is this, every young man growing up in Ghana wants to come to PRESEC. What does that mean for us as a nation? We need to provide more facilities so that PRESEC can educate more students for us.
“But until we get those facilities, it makes sense to divide the PRESEC population into three, keep one at home while two of them are here until such a time that you can put up more buildings and all of them will come at the same time. So it’s well thought through.
“This system has been used in a number of countries around the world, including the United States of America. So what we are introducing here is research-driven. If the double track is such a bad thing, Why is it that PRESEC has implemented it and they have gotten better outcomes than when there was no double track?”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
