This was followed by the Professor Dzobo Review Committee of 1974 which introduced the junior secondary school concept, now junior high schools. In 19987, there was a reform which actually paved the way for private sector and especially individuals to establish junior secondary schools. The latest has been the Professor Anamuah-Mensah Educational Review Committee, which was established soon after President Atta-Mills took office.

Their recommendations lead to the system changing from four years to three years. What this means is that, with coming into force of a new government, also comes a change in the structure of our junior and senior high system. But should it be so?
We need to ask ourselves what we want as a nation and go for it devoid of any political influence, says Mr. Benjamin Tetteh, an Economics lecturer at the Tamale Campus of the University for Development Studies. But the challenge is that we are good at policy making and not policy implementation.

These are the words of Selorm Hadzor, an SSS graduate and a former teacher himself: “I think that basic textbooks and other teaching and learning materials should be provided for all schools because they are inadequate.” He added that the teaches themselves needed training.

For Steve, a JHS graduate from Ghana Secondary School, he went through two and a half years. He was of the opinion that the four years is better since co-curricular activities like drama, debates sports, excursions and the like can be included, instead of the current system where the emphasis is on passing of exams.
In concluding, it’s been observed that our system is more rote than practical. In the sense that it is focused on passing exams and not acquiring of skills, competencies and knowledge that will enable graduates embark on self education for self-improvement and also allow them to create jobs on their own.