The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says the government has no solution to the multiple crises facing the double track secondary education system.
Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum at a recent meeting with the clergy cautioned against the immediate abolition of the double-track system, stressing that such a move could jeopardise the educational future of many students.
His remarks come on the back of the NDC’s pledge to end the double-track system when it wins the 2024 elections.
Addressing NDC supporters at Gbiniyiri in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency on Friday to kick start her campaign tour of the Savannah Region, Prof Opoku-Agyemang, wondered how the abolition of the double track would affect the educational future of many students.
She said the Education Minister’s statement is a confirmation that the government has no solution to the challenges bedeviling the double track system in secondary schools.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said unlike the NPP, the NDC has thought through the challenges of the double track system and would rollout interventions, including the expansion of schools infrastructure, to address them.
She said the then NDC government ended the shift system at the basic school level and would do same at the senior level to abolish the double track system.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang noted that even though the Akuffo-Addo/Bawumia governmemt has
supervised the collapse of the country’s educational system, there is hope for secondary education, especially as the NDC has pragmatic measures to fix the mess created by the government.
She therefore urged the voters to vote for NDC presidential candidate, Mr John Dramani Mahama, and NDC parliamentary candidates in the December 7 general elections.
