According to the Minority, over 1400 female students have been impregnated since the double-track system was implemented in September 2018.<\/p>\n
The NDC MPs are demanding measures to immediately phase out the double-track system which is not inuring to the benefit of the students.<\/p>\n
Addressing the media in Parliament on Thursday, minority spokesperson on education Peter Nortsu also questioned the quality of food being fed beneficiaries and unavailability of textbooks for students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are teenage pregnancies being recorded in some senior high schools, within a space of one year alone, that is the last academic year alone 2018\/2019, over 1433 girls at senior high schools across the country were impregnated and dropped out of schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe long and frequent semester breaks are the major causes of teenage pregnancies, students spend eight weeks at school and the same length of time at home. The double-track system\u2026is not helping in the delivery of quality education in our senior high schools, students are made to go on long vacations after spending a few days in school, and sometimes the reopening date for one track is postponed to the disadvantage of parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
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