President John Dramani Mahama has set the end of 2027 as the deadline for completely phasing out the Double-Track System in senior high schools across Ghana.
Speaking during a citizens’ engagement in Wa as part of his Resetting Ghana Tour of the Upper West Region, President Mahama said the government was expanding infrastructure to ensure all students could attend school at the same time.
He said a $300 million World Bank facility would support the expansion, including infrastructure upgrades in existing schools and the construction of 16 new senior high schools to ease congestion.
“And so these projects will go on, and we hope that by the end of 2027, no Ghanaian child should be on a double-track system,” the President said.
He added, “Everybody goes to school at the same time, studies and closes at the same time.”
According to President Mahama, ending the system would increase contact hours between teachers and students and improve students’ performance.
“We believe that will increase the contact hours between the teachers and the students and it will help to improve their performance when eventually they write their WASSCE exam,” he said.
The President also said his administration had introduced dedicated funding for senior high schools and student feeding, addressing concerns over delayed releases that previously affected school operations.
“Today, we have established dedicated funding for Senior High Schools. We have also created dedicated financing for student feeding, and complaints from headmasters have reduced considerably,” he said.
On the recently released WASSCE results, President Mahama said he would not engage in a debate over the statistics, noting that the figures were available for public scrutiny.
He, however, said he was satisfied that the results reflected students’ genuine performance, citing improved invigilation and reduced examination malpractice.
“The era when students felt entitled to leaked answers and attacked teachers who enforced discipline must remain behind us,” he said.
“Our children must succeed because they have learned, and our teachers must teach with integrity,” President Mahama added.
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