Senior Secondary School Education in Ghana To Be Moved From 3yrs To 6yrs

Ghana’s Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that the senior Secondary School education system in Ghana will be moved from 3years to 6years, Siggy reports.

According to him, the move forms part of efforts to transform secondary education in Ghana with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at the center. This comes shortly after he stated that the government is determined to revamp STEM education in Ghana.

Dr. Adutwum also stated that after the county education system is implemented, the number of high schools in Ghana will be decreased from 13,000 to around 2,500.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, Dec. 14, Dr. Adutwum said; “In 2023 when we open those schools you are going to see how we are going to provide six years of quality secondary education and not three years plus some three years old middle school-led education that we call high school”.

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