GES Targets Complete Phase-Out of Double-Track System by 2027

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced plans to completely phase out the double-track system currently operating in some senior high schools across the country by the end of 2027.

The Head of Public Relations at GES, Mr. Daniel Fenyi, made this disclosure during an interview on Oyerepa Radio where he outlined the Service’s roadmap towards a full return to the single-track academic system.

According to Mr. Fenyi, 2027 has been set as the target year for ending the double-track policy, adding that significant progress has already been made in addressing the infrastructural challenges that led to its introduction.

“Our goal is that by 2027, the double-track system would have ended,” he stated.

He explained that data gathered from about 100 senior high schools across the country revealed that many of the institutions do not require major infrastructural expansion. Instead, their main challenge lies in the lack of basic furniture such as tables and chairs.

“From the data we have gathered, about 100 of these schools only need tables and chairs, and we are currently making provision for those items,” Mr. Fenyi said.

He added that once the necessary furniture is supplied, those schools would be able to exit the double-track system as early as the next academic year.

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“Because we will be providing them with tables and chairs by the next academic year, they should be able to move out of the double-track system,” he explained.

However, Mr. Fenyi acknowledged that the situation in some schools is more complex and cannot be resolved within a single academic year. He noted that deeper infrastructural deficits in certain institutions require more extensive interventions.

“The problem was quite deep, and we could not use only one academic year to remove them from the system,” he said.

He further revealed that in some cases, entirely new classroom blocks have to be constructed before affected schools can fully transition back to the single-track system.

“In some of these schools, we realised that we had to build classroom blocks from scratch before they could move away from the double-track system,” he added.

Mr. Fenyi assured stakeholders that the Ghana Education Service is systematically addressing all identified challenges and implementing solutions in phases. He emphasized that the phased approach is intended to ensure a smooth and sustainable transition for all affected schools.

He reiterated GES’s commitment to ensuring that by the end of 2027, all senior high schools currently operating under the double-track system will have fully returned to the single-track system.

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