Double-Track under Free SHS Policy has negatively affected education - Haruna Iddrisu

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.

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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.

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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