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The Deputy Rank Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Dr. Clement Apaak, has questioned the silence of the ruling nuclear power plant on the end of the dual-track system that was introduced in 2018 to cater for excess enrollment after the implementation of the free SHS.
According to him, teaching and learning cannot be improved in post-secondary institutions if the “dreaded and disgusting” system, which allows some students to stay in school while others wait their turn, still exists with its many disadvantages.
The call “to see the demise of the two-way system with alacrity is due to how negatively it is affecting teaching and learning,” Dr. Apaak wrote in a Facebook post.
Highlighting some of the problems with the two-track system, he explained that it has a messy schedule, where the reopening dates of a track are sometimes hastily postponed to the disadvantage of other students.
Dr. Apaak alleged that parents are paying the cost of elective textbooks because “the government has refused to fund the cost of these books as part of SHS’s free policy.”
He also complained about long vacations and enormous pressure on non-teaching staff, especially kitchen and administrative staff, principals, senior housewives and housewives, who hardly go on vacation.
“President Akufo-Addo, who introduced the dual-track system, because he could not anticipate the need for infrastructure, has not provided a timeline or a clear plan on how to complete it,” Dr. Apaak wrote.
In concluding his argument, the Builsa South MP used his platform to applaud NDC standard bearer John Dramani Mahama for his commitment to end the system in his first year if he voted for power on December 7.
He said that Mr. John Mahama has plans to invest heavily in the education sector to improve infrastructure needs in existing schools and establish new upper secondary schools to contain the numbers.
“Without a doubt, this continues to be comforting, welcome and refreshing news for stakeholders in education; students, teachers, parents, expert groups, ”added Dr. Apaak.
