In an interview with the Liberia News Agency Monday, Mr. Nyenpan urged Government to categorize teachers and staffs other professional institutions like the health and security sectors as professional civil servants, providing them incentives and attractive salaries.

He observed that doing so would help to commit professional workers to their responsibilities and move the country forward.

Nyenpan argued that the US$80 million allotted for Education in the 2015/2016 fiscal budget is insufficient to improve the Liberian education system from ‘mess’ to ‘best’, and called for increment of the amount.

He explained that stakeholders in the education sector are reluctant to replace unqualified teachers, as evidenced by the delay in the recruitment of hundreds of teachers who were trained by the Liberia Teachers Training Program (LTTP) who are now engaged in other areas.

The Liberia Education Monitor was established in 2013 as a pro-democracy group to help monitor the Liberian educational system and advance recommendations for programs to develop the country’s education sector.
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