The Ghana Education Service (GES) has revealed that about 59 Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Ashanti region are now running on a single-track system, moving from the double-track system.
Mr Henry Osei Boateng, the Regional Public Relations Officer for the GES, disclosed this during the Ashanti Regional Heads of Department meeting organised by the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) today.
He announced that all Senior High Schools in the region have officially moved away from the traditional double-track system, adopting what is now called the “transition system,” aside from the 59 practising the single-track system.
Under the transition system, entire year groups rotate, meaning SHS 1 and SHS 2 students may be on campus while SHS 3 students are on break.
This marks a distinct shift from the previous double-track format, which split a single year group into “Gold” and “Green” tracks, keeping one track at home while the other attended classes.
According to Mr Boateng, several schools currently tied to the transition model actually possess the facilities required to operate a single-track system; however, they are maintaining the transition calendar because it was being practised.
He emphasised that eliminating the transition system and moving all schools to a permanent single-track system depends heavily on targeted government intervention, specifically the provision of key infrastructure and furniture like dormitories, classrooms, and dining halls.
Highlighting specific examples, the PRO noted that top-tier institutions like Opoku Ware School only require additional dormitories to transition fully to a single-track system, while Prempeh College needs a few specific infrastructural upgrades to transition.
Reacting to the briefing, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, urged the Regional Education Directorate to immediately provide his office with a comprehensive breakdown of the schools and their exact infrastructural and furniture deficits.
Dr Amoakohene assured the directorate that this data would be used to fast-track the provision of resources needed to transition more schools to the single-track system.
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