SHS Double-Track System to end by 2027- Mahama
SHS Double-Track System to end by 2027- Mahama
Ghana’s President, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, has announced that the current Senior High School (SHS) system, where schools operate the Double-Track System, will end by 2027 under the government’s new STARR-J programme.
Speaking during the commissioning of a PET Scan facility at the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre, President Mahama disclosed that the government has secured a $300 million World Bank facility to upgrade 50 senior high schools nationwide.
“The STARR-J project is going to assist the Ghana government in achieving its target of bringing an end to double track in our secondary school system by next year.
By 2027, there should be no secondary school implementing a double track system in Ghana,” he reiterated.
According to the President, the Transformative Secondary Education for Access, Results and Relevance for Jobs (STARR-J) initiative will see 30 Category C schools upgraded to Category B, while 20 Category B schools will be elevated to Category A.
He explained that the programme would also operationalise community day schools to reduce pressure on boarding facilities and improve access to quality secondary education.
This, he stressed, will help ease the growing pressure on boarding facilities and expand access to quality secondary education closer to urban families.
