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Responding to education needs in exceptional times
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March 11, 2021
The dilapidated school structure
Section 384 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommend that primary school education be compulsory for all children. It should be an offence not to send children to primary school. This is an imperative recommendation.
385. “The Commission notes that primary school education is supposedly made available free of charge to all children. The Commission recommends that no “hidden charges” or “chalk fees” be levied against parents. Free primary school education must mean free in every sense of the word. The Government should work towards the fulfilment of this recommendation.”
But to get such conducive learning environment is still a challenge in one of the community schools in Kenema district. The Head Teacher of the Al-Kudus Islamic Primary School, Serabu, Small Bo Chiefdom, Kenema District, Francis Lahai Swaray has said that the conditions of the school are not encouraging and that the learning atmo
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2020:
There is some consternation in Sierra Leone over news of the Chinese construction of a foreign service academy in Freetown to educate a privileged few. Many in Sierra Leone are saying that, if president Bio seriously believes in his manifesto promise to widen access to education and skills training for the greatest number of underprivileged in the country, then the construction of a foreign service academy to meet the needs of a few is seriously misplaced.
Is this just another white elephant to boost the ego of Sierra Leone’s political leaders?
Millions of young people are leaving school and college without an occupational skill, due to the lack of vocational skills training colleges in the country. Hence the construction of a foreign service academy at this time of Sierra Leone’s economic cycle is raising eyebrows.