The Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has criticized the government for failing to resolve the issues plaguing the double-track system in secondary education.
Speaking at Gbiniyiri in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency to commence her campaign tour in the Savannah Region, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang described the government’s handling of the system as inept. She responded to recent remarks by Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, who cautioned against scrapping the double-track system immediately, claiming it would jeopardize students’ educational prospects.
The Education Minister’s comments were in reaction to the NDC’s pledge to abolish the double-track system if it wins the 2024 elections. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang argued that the Minister’s caution revealed the government’s inability to address the system’s inherent challenges.
She assured Ghanaians that the NDC, under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama, has a comprehensive plan to phase out the double-track system through infrastructure expansion and other targeted interventions. Drawing comparisons, she highlighted the success of the NDC in eliminating the shift system at the basic school level during its previous tenure and promised similar action at the senior level.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang accused the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration of overseeing the collapse of Ghana’s education system but expressed confidence in the NDC’s ability to reverse the trend with pragmatic solutions. She urged voters to back John Mahama and NDC parliamentary candidates in the upcoming December elections to restore hope to secondary education.
