The Ministry of Education says it does not anticipate any challenges with accommodation in the Senior High Schools after the double-track system is abolished.
The heavily criticised double-track system was introduced in 2018 to reduce congestion in schools and create room to accommodate the projected increase in enrolment of Junior High School students into Senior High Schools.
Following the abolishment of the double-track system in Senior High Schools, there have been concerns about whether or not the schools have adequate facilities to accommodate all the students.
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The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, in a Citi News interview said: “If you look at the vacancies that were declared by the various Senior High Schools and TVET schools, they were in excess of 580,000. If you compare these to the students that were eligible for placement, that is around a little over 500,000. Clearly, there will still be more room for the students.”
“We thus do not envisage any pressure on accommodation. But of course, if there is any challenge of such nature, we will quickly address it.”
The double-track system was introduced by the Akufo-Addo government to mitigate the accommodation challenges in the various senior high schools following the increase in student enrolment because of free education.
