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The Democratic National Congress (NDC) says its promise to abolish the two-track system under the Free SHS policy will not be immediate but progressive.
The chairman of the NDC Manifesto 2020 Committee, Professor Danso Boafo, said that the dual track system will only be abolished after the Mahama government has finished expanding school facilities.
He told Evans Mensah on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday that the party would also have built new schools to contain the large number of students currently enrolled under the Free SHS policy.
“It doesn’t end there, what is the purpose of secondary education? It is to provide students with a quality education. In the current situation, in the current circumstances, do you really believe that students are receiving the kind of quality education that you could have received, or I could have or Nana could have received in the past?
“The answer is no. So to correct this, we have to expand the facilities, so that we get more facilities and accommodate all these students who are currently involved in the dual track,” he said.
This disclosure comes after the NDC said it will abolish the two-way system immediately it hits the office.
In several statements by standard-bearer John Mahama he said that he highlighted the intention of his next government to abolish the system without explicitly stating that it will be progressive.
“We will eliminate the current (dual-track) shift system, reintroduce the more efficient three-term schedule per academic year, and regain the emphasis on skills training, technical and vocational education to provide students with more options, as they they advance their options in various careers and fitness paths, ”Mr. Mahama recently posted on Facebook.
Her running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, who also spoke at the launch of the NDC 2020 Manifesto, said: “We have every plan and desire to make Free SHS that much better by making sure that numerous challenges are addressed and Higher operational and academic standards are met introduced and sustained. To do this, we will abolish the two-way system ”.
Following the introduction of the free SHS policy in September 2017, the large number of students admitted to postgraduate institutions across the country overwhelmed the infrastructure of most schools with students allegedly forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor.
Subsequently, the government introduced a two-way system to alleviate life’s challenges.
The academic calendar was modified to incorporate a two-way system (gold and green) where students from the same academic year alternated their starting date.
The new program saw students on the gold track at school, while green track students waited their turn to start the same academic year during the gold track students’ vacation.
This system was widely criticized by many Ghanaians and civil society groups, including NDC flag bearer John Mahama, who had promised to eliminate the system should he be elected to office in the December elections.
