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The government will abolish the shift system currently being run in basic schools in the country, the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo has disclosed. The Minister, who expressed shock that the system was still being run after 10 years, indicated that the shift system was not the best and would be abolished once infrastructure and other facilities were put in place. Mr Tetteh-Enyo made this known in an interview with the Daily Graphic yesterday, when he visited some basic schools in Accra for the �My first Day at School� programme to welcome fresh pupils to basic school. �I though the shift system had been dealt with 10 years ago. It is not right and would be abolished in due course,� he said when he was told by heads of schools that the system was in operation as a result of inadequate classrooms and other facilities. According to him, more classrooms and other education facilities would be provided to cater for the increase in the number of students. Mr Tettey-Enyo expressed disappointment at the low attendance of pupils on the first day at school, and indicated that the matter would be looked into to see how best to improve attendance. He believed that school enrolment would improve as the days went by. Heads of schools however, expressed the hope that attendance would go up as school went into full session.