The New Dawn (Monrovia)

Liberia: 'Translate Academic Performance Into Success'

Montserrado County Electoral District # 4 Representative Henry Fambulleh has admonished the Liberian students' community to be innovative in their academic sojourn. Representative Fahnbulleh noted that students graduating from high must consider his challenge to them as a motivation for their future.

He urged the government to begin to place strong emphasis on the educational sector other than focusing on other matters that will not benefit its young citizens, stressing that education in every country straightens the growth and development of its citizens, especially the youth.

"At times, many of our elders in some communities are in the habit of castigating the youth of this country only because less attention is paid to the educational sector; most of our officials in this country don't have time to give a single scholarship to a youth- well-to-do community dwellers have also turned their backs to the educational sector; that was why Her Excellency, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf referred the nation educational system as a complete mess- because they preferred spending their money on buying big cars and other material things, instead of focusing on the young people of this country," Fahnbulleh noted.

He also disclosed that many of the schools in the country have graduated students without proper skills of a high graduate, something that has created a serious problem for the educational sector.

He also frowned at students graduating from high school without the ability to write a common friendly letter, urging instructors and administrators to be very technical on students being prepared for the West African Examination Council as a way of capacitating them for competition with those in other African countries.

Representative Fahnbulleh made the remarks while serving as guest speaker at the 45th Graduation exercises of the Williams V.S. Tubman High school in Sinkor. The President of the Alumna Association of Tubman high, Mr. Alex Cuffy said the worth of education is not about graduation, but what one can do to defend that which he or she had learned over the past years.

The further challenged the students to make their education more sustainable, urging them to seek opportunities in their interest and that of the nation.

He said the alumna association was developing a strategic plan for the school and the Monrovia Consolidated School System, suggesting that it was not only concern about schools in the capital, but also public schools in Rural Liberia.

At the same time, the dux of the school, Emmanuel Chea made a number of recommendations to the government for the provision of laboratory equipment for public schools in the country, as well as provides textbooks to enable students adequately prepare for the West African examination council, among others.

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