99 double track SHSs to reset back to single track in October – GES
A total of ninety-nine (99) Senior High Schools that were operating a double-track system will revert to single track in the 2025/2026 academic year, beginning in October, the Ghana Education Service has announced.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) disclosed this in a social media post sighted by Pretertiary.com, highlighting key interventions in the education sector made by the John Dramani Mahama government.
“99 Double-Track SHSs to Reset Back to Single Track in 2025/2026 Academic Year beginning October,” the Service under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (MoE) said in the social media post.
Meanwhile, Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to publish the list of 99 double-track Senior High Schools that have been reset back to single-track for the 2025/2026 academic year.
“Dear Ghana Education Service, kindly publish the list of 99 Double Track schools you have announced ‘Resetting Back to Single Track’ beginning October 2025 for all of us to see,” the Director of EduWatch has requested.
21 Key interventions in the education
1. GH¢1 billion to the free secondary education programme has been paid.
2.GH¢72.8 million as Capitation Grant has been paid. All capitation grant arrears cleared.
3. The government has directed all Districts to build a Nursery, Primary, and JHS from the 2025 DACF.
4.99 double-track schools are taken off the double track system and restored back to traditional single track this year.
5. Free SHS budget allocations increased with a dedicated source of funding.
6. GH¢2.9 billion to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has been paid.
7. GH¢895 million to the School Feeding Programme for basic schools has been paid.
8. PTAs reactivated to improve school governance and promote discipline.
9. GH¢122.8 million for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) registration has been paid.
10.GH¢52 million as Teacher Training Allowance has been paid.
11. School feeding budget increased per child.
12. Timely release of the academic calendar for basic schools to aid proper planning.
13. Teachers are now eligible for promotion to the director rank.
14. Teacher Licensure exams, where teacher trainees travel back to campus months after completion to write, have been cancelled.
15. All stalled E-Blocks to be revisited.
16. Free sanitary pads for all school girls launched. This will help to keep our girls in school.
17. GH¢300 million to the No Fee Stress Policy has been paid. All SHS graduates who get admission to the tertiary institutions have benefited.
18. WASSCE practicals fees have been paid.
19. Feeding grant for Special needs schools has been paid.
20. All diploma teachers who pursued a degree via distance, sandwich, or weekend are asked to be placed on the PS scale. Over 30,000 teachers have received the corresponding salary.
In other news, the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says the 2025/2026 academic calendar has not fully reverted the second-cycle school system to a single-track system.
“The Ghana Education Service (GES) wishes to clarify that the 2025/2026 academic calendar has not fully reverted to the single-track system as reported in some sections of the media.
The academic calendar, released last week, makes clear provision for both single-track and double-track schools,” the Service under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (MoE) said in a social media post.
According to the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES), the 2025/2026 academic year will officially begin on Saturday, 18th October 2025, when all first-year students are expected to report.
“The 2025/2026 academic year will end on August 21, 2026, for single-track Senior High Schools and September 4, 2026, for double-track Senior High Schools,” the Ghana Education Service (GES) stated.
