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Double tracking system timetable to be released next week - Adutwum

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh

Dr Adutwum said the Education Ministry hopes to complete and publicise the timetable for the implementation of the double tracking system by next week.

Speaking on Accra-based Starr FM, Dr Adutwum said the Education Ministry hopes to complete and publicise the timetable for the implementation of the system by next week.

He added that this will also be fed into the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).

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“The critical thing that we are working on now is to make sure as soon as you do the timetable you are able to know how many teachers that you need and are to go to a particular school. That’s something that we are working on now. By the end of next week, all timetables will be done.”

“Then it will be fed into the CSSPS (Computerised School Selection and Placement System) when the BECEs are released…the data there will feed into the timetable that we are developing. The CSSPS will be fed with the timetable information so that when parents get their printouts as to the placement, they will be able to know that my child is going to be on this track,” he added.

The double tracking system is a stop-gap measure to accommodate the increase in enrolment under the free SHS programme.

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According to last year’s enrolment data, the government has estimated that the 2018 figures will be 472,730 against available seats of 290, 737 leaving a gap of 181, 993.

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The government has therefore decided to introduce the DTS which will be similar to the semester mode of learning applicable in the universities.

The double tracking system is expected to last for seven years.

Meanwhile, some Civil Society organisations have criticised the decision. They argue that the government does not take education seriously.

These organisations include policy think tank IMANI Africa and the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC).

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh A feminist at heart and a lover of art. She loves to write on business, politics and health.

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