GENERAL
Double Track System Will Jump The Nation Ahead By 20 Years – Deputy Education Minister
Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s twofold track training framework can possibly jump the nation 20 years ahead in taking care of its disparity issue.
Citing an ongoing report by the Brooklyn Institution Dr Adutwum stated: “Brooklyn Institution did an examination as of late around a half year prior and said Ghana has been a country in the creating scene that has utilized a jumping system to accomplish something that they would have trusted that 20 years will accomplish and that is the twofold track [system].”
As per him not at all like before where admission to schools was restricted to cut-off focuses and the money related capacity of guardians and watchmen, the new framework permits one and all to go to class with no obstacles.
He said the circumstance had been the bane for most kids from helpless foundations who went to open essential schools, who, not at all like their companions from wealthy foundations couldn’t bear the cost of private fundamental schools.
“You find in this nation what has befallen the poor is an untold story. The helpless youngsters go to our state funded schools and don’t do well in the BECE and we let them know since you have total 30 you don’t approach our government funded schools. At that point that helpless child’s folks should proceed to obtain and go to a private secondary school.
“What we don’t comprehend and have not taken a gander at is the way that by far most of the understudies who were not gaining admittance to our government funded schools were from burdened foundations, on two scores;
“The principal score was that they couldn’t be put since they had total 30 and afterward the individuals who were set don’t have cash to go, so we were hitting the helpless twice. And afterward the individuals who are from homes like mine would then compensation to go to a tuition based school at the essential level. At the point when we are going to senior secondary school out of nowhere our top level 54 schools they structure 95% of that school’s populace.”
Dr Adutwum expressed that legislature was effectively working at growing and giving enough school offices to contain the enormous number of understudies the Free SHS strategy had figured out how to bring into the country’s instructive framework.
“The president stated: ‘twofold track, I’m inclining up framework’. Presently, take a gander at the framework that has been created. I’ll give you a couple of models. Pretty much each and every school that has a twofold track has foundation being grown at this moment or in certain spots, it has just been finished.
“Notwithstanding that this president is assembling new schools. Go to Weija, a science school, large, with boarding offices,” he said.
The Deputy Education Minister additionally expressed that National Democratic Congress’ flagbearer, John Mahama doesn’t perceive the centrality of the twofold track framework, subsequently justifying his articulations of exploring and rejecting the twofold track framework inside a year should he be casted a ballot into office.
As per the Minister, rejecting the twofold track framework in one year would possibly be conceivable if the cut-off point framework is by and by presented.
This, he says will contribute colossally to the extending of the imbalance hole indeed.
“My dread is that he [Mahama] doesn’t comprehend. He doesn’t get that in the event that he has really been exhorted appropriately and has taken a gander at the numbers, on the off chance that you drop twofold track inside one year, you should acquaint a cut off with diminish the numbers.
“All that we are stating previous President Mahama is that, twofold track is your specialty in the present moment to tackle a significant issue as you create foundation, and this administration has utilized the arrangement well overall,” he said.
He asked Ghanaians particularly those from less special foundations to be careful about legislators who guarantee to audit the twofold track framework.
“Anyone who discusses survey and notices twofold track, Ghanaians ought to be careful that on the off chance that you happen to be helpless you are in a tough situation the man is going to utilize another method of meeting that prerequisite and poor people will be distraught for sure.”
