Sierra Leone:   'Education is Key to Poverty Alleviation'- First Lady Sia Koroma

Concord, 4 May 2011

Sierra Leone's First Lady has highlighted education as one of the key weapons government would employ in its fight against poverty in the country. Read more »

Sierra Leone:   'If We Go to School, We Can Develop This Fine Country'

Concord, 10 November 2010

The Ministry of Education launched a new initiative last Thursday for 'community sensitization for education for out of school and vulnerable children'. With support from UNICEF… Read more »

Sierra Leone:   Government Ignores Demands for Additional Teachers

IPS, 15 June 2010

Ismail Conteh has been teaching for the past year-and-a-half at a primary school in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown - without receiving a single cent. He is one of hundreds of… Read more »

Sierra Leone:   Govt Urged to Prioritise Pre-School

Concord, 2 October 2010

Country Representative of Caritas Germany in Sierra Leone has called on government to prioritize pre-school for Sierra Leonean children. Gerhard Ritter said children are the human… Read more »

Sierra Leone:   'I Will Never Relent' - Says Education Minister

Concord, 7 October 2009

Minister of education youth and sport, has said that he would not relent in ensuring that pupils in primary and secondary school and students in higher institutions of learning… Read more »

Sierra Leone:   Schools Plunged Into Crisis

IPS, 26 August 2009

Government's refusal to pay the salaries of thousands teachers, while looking to recruit thousands more, has plunged the schooling system into crisis. Read more »

Sierra Leone:   Schools Without Teachers

UNIRIN, 18 September 2007

With only 19 percent of children in school following Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war, the former government began an ambition project of renovate and build more schools.… Read more »