The Informer (Monrovia)
Kevin S. Tydehson
3 July 2009
Monrovia — The National Coordinator of LETCOM, Mr. J. Jay Larblah says the component of compulsory education that is to compare every child who reaches school going age to attend school without precondition is still not taking thrust in the country.
Speaking during the opening program of a one day workshop aimed at explaining to participants of the importance of budgetary process on education held at the LETCOM Gurley Street office recently, Mr. Larblah said among other things that many children that reached school going age at still seen on the streets of Monrovia selling while regular classes are in progress. He said this does not augur well for the country.
The LETCOM Boss also indicated that as Liberia is obligated to meet the standard set by an international conference held in Dakar, Senegal that by 2015 every Liberia, regardless of age should complete at least sixth (6 th) grade. Many countries are striving to meet the standards while Liberia is rated the lowest in meeting the criteria due to what government termed lack of more public schools to meet the demand to enable it meet its target.
Mr. Larblah used the occasion to call on the government to increase the present 9% budgetary allotment in the current budget being debated to 25% to provide more incentives to teachers, most especially the rural teachers so that many educated Liberian would not be reluctant to teach in the interior part of the country without prerequisite.
He said during the tenure of the Gyude Bryant led Transitional government, the budgetary allotment to education was higher than the 9% given, when there is now constituted government. Therefore, he said that government should see reasons to increase the budget to provide more incentives that would make Liberians have the interest in entering the teaching profession.
He said education is a fundamental human right of the people, therefore it must be exercised in its entirety.
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