By Kodjo Adams
Accra, March 28, GNA – Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Education, has inaugurated an 11-member committee to work on reversing the double-track system into a single-track.
The committee will review the 2024/2025 academic calendar and propose a roadmap for the transition, with the mandate to realign the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) calendar with other West African countries.
The Minister said the reversal of the double-track system was a major campaign pledge of President John Dramani Mahama to improve academic consistency and enhance the quality of education.
The transition is expected to address concerns over overcrowding and teaching quality, ensuring students receive a more stable and effective learning experience.
The committee will also provide recommendations for a smooth and effective transition, ensuring that all stakeholders are adequately prepared for the changes.
“The double-track system has affected learning hours and contact time, and the amount of time students ordinarily will be in school,” he said.
“I mean, all of us sitting here, you’ve been to school before. When you do two months and you’re asked to go home for one week, two weeks, come back, another group goes home, comes back, it naturally will affect quality.”
He pledged the government’s commitment to completing many of the uncompleted e-blocks to expand infrastructure access.
“We want Ghana to have a fully functional free senior high school that is adequately funded with supporting infrastructure,” Mr Iddrisu said.
“A few of the schools will convert them into boarding schools where necessary, particularly in the rural areas.”
Professor Peter Grant of the University of Cape Coast and Chairman of the committee pledged to work to the best of their ability and deliver as expected.
The committee includes representatives from key educational institutions. They include Prof Godwin Awabil, University of Cape Coast; Prof. Samuel A. Atintono, Principal, Accra College of Education; Prof. Smile Gavua Dzisi, Deputy Director-General (Management Service), Ghana Education Service, (GES); and Dr Munawaru Issahaque, Deputy Director-General (Quality and Access), GES.
The rest are D. W. Agbenyo, West Africa Examination Council (WAEC); Dr Rosemond Wilson, WAEC; Mr Augustus Agyemfra, Coordinator, GES; Mr David Odjidja , Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools; Mr Addo Nicholas Nii Kpakpoe, Conference of Heads of Basic Schools; and Mr Prince Charles Agyemang-Duah, Schools and Instructions Division, GES.
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