Deputy Education Minister Dr. Yaw Adutwum has praised his boss Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh describing the minister as an open minded individual.
According to him, the Manhyia MP is willing and open to new ideas in finding solutions to problems.
Speaking to Bola Ray on Starr Chat, the former California teacher said his minister allowed him to apply his experience in California when the government was hit with the huge numbers under the free SHS program.
“ Nobody expected double track, we didn’t go into free SHS anticipating double track. So when we were hit with the numbers when the program was rolled out, we thought of what to do.
“So my minister went to the President and he gave us power to find a way out. And that’s why I like my minister; he is an open minded guy. He is the out of the box kind of guy. He is not the guy who will say this has not been tried before. Always open to new ideas so we sat down and he allowed me to bring my experience from California when they had such a challenge when they changed their education,” he said.
He further stressed that the double track system is the best way to handled the numbers under the free SHS in the short to medium term as government constructs new structures to phase it out.
The double-track system took off on September 11, 2018, with the track green students enrolling for the 2018/2019 academic year under the second phase of the Free SHS concept.
The track gold students, on the other hand, are to get enrolled on November 8, 2018.
The double-track system is to afford the government with the capacity to deal with a large number of placed candidates who will hitherto not have had the opportunity to access Free SHS as a result of lack of classroom space.
The double-track system, which commenced with the 2018/2019 academic year, is a fallout of the Free SHS policy which is in its second year of operation.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh
