Liberia: 'Spending On Education Sector Low' - Finance Minister Konneh

Kakata — Finance Minister Amara Konneh maintains that Liberia continues to make progress in improving the educational sector but that such feat remains slow and expenditure in the sector poorly prioritized. He warns: "We need to change that."

According to Minister Konneh, the share of total spending on education in the national budget is low, at around 12%, although donors provide over half of spending in the sector.

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