The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has praised St. Peter’s Senior High School in Kwahu for successfully ending the double-track system, describing the move as a major milestone in improving students’ learning experience.

The minister made the remarks during the inauguration of the Governing Councils of four Colleges of Education—Agogo Presbyterian Women’s College of Education, Gbewa College of Education, Al-Faruq College of Education, and Enchi College of Education.

“I should commend St. Peter’s School in Kwahu as one of the first schools that has been able to end double track. So I’m going to reward them with infrastructure for going ahead of the government with their own intervention to end the double-track system,” he said.

He emphasised that stakeholders, including chiefs and local authorities, have a critical role to play in supporting school development and driving educational improvement.

Mr Iddrisu also outlined government plans to upgrade school categories and expand infrastructure nationwide, including converting 30 Category C schools to Category B and 10 Category B schools to Category A.

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He noted that there are currently no Category A schools in the North East, Savannah, and Oti regions, and urged stakeholders to collaborate closely with the government to bridge the gaps.

Meanwhile, the Minister confirmed that the government has secured $200 million in funding from the World Bank to support efforts to end the double-track system across the country.