Focus on Education in Liberia
Efforts are underway to improve literacy in Liberia, but teachers, students and the government faced numerous challenges as the new school year began on September 1. This is a series of articles written as part of an education training program for journalists run by Transitions Online in Prague and sponsored by the Open Society Institute with the contribution of the Education Support Program.
More than half of Liberia's schools were ruined during the country's civil war.
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Liberia:
Choosing Family Over Education
allAfrica, 1 September 2010
Meriam Dukumue, like the majority of women in her country, cannot read and write. Having suffered through years of conflict and now the breadwinner of her family, she is giving her… Read more »
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Liberia:
Why Spelling Matters
allAfrica, 31 August 2010
Golden and draped in red, white and blue ribbons, the spelling trophy won by Mango Town School has become more than a source of orthographic achievement for the students and their… Read more »
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Liberia:
Something New for the Senior Class: Girls
allAfrica, 1 September 2010
When students return to the classroom at Bopolu Central High School this year, there will be something not seen at the school since it reopened after Liberia's long civil war:… Read more »
