Former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwah, has defended the double-track system, dismissing claims that it is responsible for the recent decline in WASSCE results as “pure political propaganda.”
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Prof. Opoku-Amankwah said the system was designed to accommodate more students amid limited infrastructure and should be maintained. He added that unequal school allocations also contribute to performance disparities.
“The decline in WASSCE performance is not caused by the double-track system. If we set politics aside, I believe the double-track system should be implemented because we lack the infrastructure to accommodate all students. The issue of school choice is problematic; some schools may have 1,500 students while others may have only 400, as we have categorized schools into groups A, B, and C.
“The double-track system was introduced to ensure that all students have the opportunity to attend school. If we improve our infrastructure to a level that can accommodate all students based on their preferences, rather than forcing them into specific schools, we can achieve better outcomes for everyone,” he added.
His comments come after the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) released provisional 2025 WASSCE results, which show that only 48.73% of candidates achieved grades A1 to C6. Mathematics recorded 114,872 failures (26.77%), while Social Studies had 122,449 failures (27.5%).
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