Gov't reintroduced double-track system to ensure COVID-19 social distancing in SHS
The Ghana Education Service said the current COVID-19 situation urgently required that the students observe the social distancing protocol.
Jonas Danquah 
Government has reintroduced the double-track system to enable first-year senior high school students to observe the social-distancing protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The move comes after the surge in COVID-19 infections in Ghana, raising concerns about a possible second wave of the virus in the country. This was factored into the decision making when officials at the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) held a virtual meeting with heads of SHSs to discuss the need for the double track for first-year students.
Per a report by the Daily Graphic, the management of GES and the education ministry did not anticipate the second wave of COVID-19, and the current situation urgently required that the students observe the social distancing protocol.
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A source at the Education Ministry said "And so without the double-track, it will be difficult to observe such a protocol.
"So bringing the system to a limited number of schools will ensure that more students will benefit from SHS education in those schools."
The Double Track System is in two sessions, thus The Green Track and The Gold Track.
