Liberia: Govt Constructs 500 Schools

In her state of the nation address to the joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol Building yesterday, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf disclosed that to date, her government has constructed 5,571 public and private schools, educating more than 1,579,058 students, 48.5 percent of them female.

"Our three rehabilitated teacher training institutes and special programs have trained 15,345 teachers and the teacher verification exercise is well advanced in several counties," the President said.

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