By: Jeremiah Nutsugah
National Communication Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has announced that the party plans to provide free quality Senior High School (SHS) education and abolish the double-track system.
Speaking on the GTV Breakfast Show today, August 13, 2024, he explained that the double-track system is detrimental to children’s education due to inadequate infrastructure, exacerbated by the increasing number of students.
Sammy Gyamfi outlined the NDC’s plan to complete abandoned e-blocks, expand existing infrastructure, and utilize private SHS facilities to create the necessary space to abolish the double-track system within one year.
He assured Ghanaians that when John Mahama assumes the presidency on January 7, 2025, the double-track system will be eliminated by January 2026, allowing all SHS students to attend school simultaneously.
He criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for acknowledging the flaws in the free SHS policy and attempting to scrap it within three years.
He emphasized that the NDC will collaborate with private schools to utilize their idle facilities and support the free SHS policy when they come into power.
Gyamfi also highlighted John Mahama’s introduction of progressive free SHS in 2015, which benefited 320,000 day students in public SHS, who paid no school fees except for minimal PTA levies.