The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the double-track system introduced under the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy will remain in place for some years before being phased out.
At a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the Director-General of GES, Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, said the transition away from the system cannot happen immediately due to infrastructural challenges.
“Double-track will take some time to go. We cannot reverse the double track today. We will need time to reverse it. A committee is in place to address that. We are using a multi-approach to get that reversed,” he explained.
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, who also addressed the issue, stressed the need for targeted investment in school infrastructure to enable a full return to the single-track arrangement. He projected that with the necessary resources, the double-track could be eliminated by 2027.
The double-track system, which started in the 2018/2019 academic year, splits students into Green and Gold tracks, with alternating schedules to accommodate the surge in enrollment. It was designed to ease pressure on existing facilities while ensuring access to free secondary education.
Professor Davis’s assurance indicates that the system will remain in operation for the medium term, with a complete phase-out expected by the late 2020s.
By Bawa Musah
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