Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, says the party's plans to abolish the double-track system include completing all 200 Community Day Schools.

He explained that the schools, initiated under the John Mahama administration, when completed, will create more space for the large number of students eligible for placement under the Free Senior High School policy.

Addressing constituents in Sekyeredumasi as part of a tour of the Ashanti Region, he stated, "Our strategy is to complete all 200 community day schools. This will ensure all students have access to education. There will be enough dormitories, classrooms, and all amenities to ensure they all go to school in the same period."

He added, "The prevailing double-track system, where students go to school for three months and stay home for six months, will be cancelled under the next NDC administration."

Although some of these schools were completed during the previous NDC government, many have received little attention under the current administration.

The NDC has reaffirmed its commitment to the Free SHS policy, emphasizing strategies to improve it.

On youth development, Mr. Asiedu Nketiah promised support for apprenticeship, saying the Youth in Apprenticeship Program, when introduced, will create the needed jobs.

"The youth in apprenticeship policy will ensure all of you who were not able to have secondary education are enrolled in a trade at the expense of the government. We will help the youth," he added.

The first day of the second phase of Asiedu Nketiah's "Retail Campaign" included stops in the Sekyere Afram Plains, Ejura, Afigya Sekyere East, and Kwabre East constituencies. Several communities, some hosting the campaign for the first time, came out in large numbers.

Encouraging young people to support the NDC, the Chairman remarked, "I am happy to find a lot of young people here. We are at a point where the young people will have to take control of their destiny and fight for their well-being. Some of the old folks have damaged the country. If you allow them to continue, you will suffer even after they’re gone. The country is in debt," he said.