The Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that plans are advanced to phase out the double-track system in Senior High Schools (SHSs) through infrastructural development and enhanced digital support under the Free SHS policy which now includes private schools.
According to him, the double-track system introduced by the previous administration to ease congestion in SHSs reduced contact hours for the students.
During a media briefing on the double-track system on Sunday, August 24, 2025, he highlighted the measures being adopted to avert the situation.
“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.
“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,” he noted.
Government has set up a 11-member committee to oversee the reversal from the 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:
Prof. Godwin Awabil, University of Cape Coast (UCC)
Prof. Samuel A. Atintono, PRINCOF
Prof. Smile Gavua Dzisi (Mrs.), Deputy Director-General (Management Service), GES
Dr. Munawaru Issahaque, Deputy Director-General (Quality and Access), GES
D. W. Agbenyo, WAEC
Rosemond Wilson (PhD), WAEC
Mr. Augustus Agyemfra, CODE
Mr. David Odjidja, CHASS
Addo Nicholas Nii Kpakpoe, COHBS
Prince Charles Agyemang-Duah, Schools & Instructions Division, GES
Education Minister sets 2027 as deadline for scrapping double track system
