Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, the former National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) boss, has claimed President John Dramani Mahama cannot abolish the SHS double-track system.
According to Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, it’s not possible for Pres. Mahama to abolish the SHS double-track system.
He is quoted by GHOne TV to have said, “It’s not possible for Pres. Mahama to abolish the SHS double-track system”.
His comments follow, President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated his government’s commitment to end the SHS double-track system.
According to President John Mahama, a hundred SHS schools have already reverted to single-track.
Mahama highlighted that his government is firmly committed to abolishing the double-track system entirely through a focused two-year intervention, which will be implemented this year and next year, and will eventually end the double-track system.
Speaking at the 54th National Delegates Conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in Accra on Monday, January 5, President Mahama stated, “In 2025 alone, the Free SHS program received 3.5 billion Ghana cedis under the GETFund. This has been the highest allocation since its inception, and this has strengthened logistics, feeding, and learning conditions in our secondary schools”.
He added, “I’m pleased to announce that about 100 double-track schools have already reverted to single-track. And the government remains firmly committed to abolishing the double-track system entirely through a focused two-year intervention, which we call the Ghana Secondary Learning Improvement Project — GSLIP.
This project will improve access and quality and restore full-time schooling for all students. So this year, next year are implementation. By the time we finish implementing, there’ll be no secondary school implementing double-track in this country.”
Meanwhile, the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, last year announced an 11-member committee to guide the reversal from double-track to single-track in SHSs and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs).
Prof. Godwin Awabil, University of Cape Coast (UCC), is the chair of the committee tasked with reviewing the 2024/2025 academic calendar and proposing a roadmap for a single-track.
Additionally, Haruna Iddrisu has said the former government’s double-track system in Senior High Schools (SHSs) negatively affected the quality of education.
The Education Minister noted that the double-track system reduced contact hours and study time for students in the Senior High School.
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It's not possible for Pres. Mahama to abolish the SHS double-track system… – Kofi Owusu Nkansah (Former CEO, NEIP)#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork #GHOneTV #NewsAlert #GHToday pic.twitter.com/k58qOFUCuI
— GHOne TV (@ghonetv) January 6, 2026