The Double Track System was introduced by Ghana’s incumbent government in order to enable various Senior High Schools in Ghana to take in more students and ensure that all Ghanaian students have access to a Senior High School education.
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The Double Track System is in two sessions, thus The Green Track and The Gold Track. However, the Minority in Parliament has alleged that the double-track system being implemented by the Education Ministry has caused a lot of teenage pregnancies among female students nationwide.
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According to the Minority, over 2493 female students have been impregnated for the double-track system in the year 2019 alone.
The NDC MPs are demanding measures to immediately phase out the double-track system which is not inuring to the benefit of the students.
Addressing the media in Parliament, minority spokesperson of education Peter Nortsu also questioned the quality of food being fed beneficiaries and unavailability of textbooks for students.
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“There are teenage pregnancies being recorded in some senior high schools, within a space of one year alone. In 2019, over 2493 girls at senior high schools across the country were impregnated and dropped out of schools” – he said in an interview with the BBC Ghana.
“The long and frequent semester breaks are the major causes of teenage pregnancies. Students spend eight weeks at school and at the same length of time at home. The double-track system…is not helping in the delivery of quality education in our senior high schools, students are made to go on long vacations after spending a few days in school, and sometimes the reopening date for one track is postponed to the disadvantage of parents.”
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