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The Minister of Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has criticised the double-track system under the Free SHS policy as negatively affecting quality education.
Mr Iddrisu explained on Sunday, August 24, 2025, in a media briefing that the double-track system, introduced to ease congestion in SHSs, has negatively affected learning outcomes by reducing contact hours and study time for students.
The double-track system has impacted negatively on the quality and outcomes of education under the Free SHS policy. Students have fewer contact hours and less study time, which affects their performance.
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He further stressed out that the government, in order to be able to restore great sanity in the system, will have to tackle the lapses in that system by using three main approaches to achieve that.
He added at a media briefing, as quoted by Citi News.
The government’s commitment to ending the system can only be realised at three levels: expanding infrastructure, strengthening digital resources in schools, and allowing private SHSs to absorb qualified students to ease the pressure
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To oversee the transition, the government has set up an 11-member committee to guide the reversal from double-track to single-track in SHSs and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs).
The committee, chaired by Prof. Peter Grant of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has been tasked to review the 2024/2025 academic calendar and propose a roadmap for the phase-out.
Its members include:
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Prof. Godwin Awabil, University of Cape Coast (UCC)
Prof. Samuel A. Atintono, PRINCOF
Prof. Smile Gavua Dzisi (Mrs), Deputy Director-General (Management Service)
GESDr Munawaru Issahaque, Deputy Director-General (Quality and Access)
GESD. W. Agbenyo, WAEC
Rosemond Wilson (PhD), WAEC
Mr Augustus Agyemfra, CODE
Mr David Odjidja, CHASSAddo Nicholas Nii Kpakpoe, COHBS
Prince Charles Agyemang-Duah, Schools & Instructions Division, GES