The Ministry of Education in Liberia in collaboration with the World Bank has officially launched a US$47 million project aimed at renovating 156 schools and constructing three more throughout the country.
The project, “Improving Results in Secondary Education,” will also elevate 35 junior high schools to secondary institutions in rural Liberia.
At the official launch over the weekend in the Borough of New Kru Town, Bushrod Island, Education Minister, D. Ansu Sonii, stated that it is the dream of President George Weah to ensure that all Liberian children have access to affordable learning institutions.
Minister Sonii indicated that President Weah wants Liberia to be a literate society where it will never rely on foreign countries for pilots, medical doctors, and people of all professions in a few years from now.
Meanwhile, Assistant Education Minister for Planning and Research, Dominic Kweme, explains that the project will provide scholarships to 300 graduates to pursue studies in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Botswana purposely to be deployed in schools throughout Liberia.
Minister Kweme pointed out that the project will also provide scholarships for 3,000 girls in four counties with high rate female secondary school dropouts.
Meanwhile, Montserrado County District 16 Representative, Dixon Seboe, appealed to the Ministry of Education to work along with him on his proposal to include technical education at the D. Twe Memorial High School in the Borough of New Kru Town.
According to Seboe, there are thousands of young people who cannot afford to go through the academic system in education but are prepared to acquire functional skills in readiness for the job market.
The lawmaker disclosed that he has already filed a bill before Plenary of the House of Representatives, seeking allotment in the national budget for the institution.
Seboe indicated that he is planning to host a community meeting purposely to encourage residents to take ownership of the project by ensuring that none of the materials provided were stolen.
He appealed to the Ministry of Education to fence the last portion of the campus of the institution to keep out intruders.
Also making remarks, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Willamette Piso Saydee-Tarr, stresses that there is no better way to give power back to the people than giving them education.
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