Government noted that to ensure that investments in education result in improvements in children’s core learning outcomes, a national assessment is required to measure changes over time.
The commitment is one of nine priority projects of the Ministry of Education for the period 2015-2017, which President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sent to the House of Representatives on July 30, 2015.
According to the document, the priority projects are part of government’s strategy to transform the educational system of Liberia.
Government maintained that it will ensure that by 2017, the foundations are in place for Liberia’s education system that improves all children and young people’s learning.
In the document, the ministry realized that teachers are key to improving children’s learning, and as such its priority is to ensure that teachers have the skills and support they need to improve children’s learning.
The ministry said “this will include placing 1,158 qualified teachers that are not currently working in schools that need them.”
Meanwhile, President Sirleaf has informed the Legislators that there are ongoing consultations with stakeholders whose inputs and commitments are expected to be finalized in a meeting with Education Ministry officials scheduled for August 21, 2015.
The President also stated in her letter that she submitted similar document to the Vice President and the President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate, and requested a meeting with them and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to discuss overall issues relating to the education sector.
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GOL Reaffirms Commitment To Child Literacy
13 August 2015, 9:18 pm Written by Hilary Vasco Wiagbe, LINA
MONROVIA, August 13 (LINA) -The Government of Liberia has reiterated its commitment to improving children’s literacy and numeracy to ensure that they have the necessary skills and become active members of society.
Government noted that to ensure that investments in education result in improvements in children’s core learning outcomes, a national assessment is required to measure changes over time.
The commitment is one of nine priority projects of the Ministry of Education for the period 2015-2017, which President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sent to the House of Representatives on July 30, 2015.
According to the document, the priority projects are part of government’s strategy to transform the educational system of Liberia.
Government maintained that it will ensure that by 2017, the foundations are in place for Liberia’s education system that improves all children and young people’s learning.
In the document, the ministry realized that teachers are key to improving children’s learning, and as such its priority is to ensure that teachers have the skills and support they need to improve children’s learning.
The ministry said “this will include placing 1,158 qualified teachers that are not currently working in schools that need them.”
Meanwhile, President Sirleaf has informed the Legislators that there are ongoing consultations with stakeholders whose inputs and commitments are expected to be finalized in a meeting with Education Ministry officials scheduled for August 21, 2015.
The President also stated in her letter that she submitted similar document to the Vice President and the President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate, and requested a meeting with them and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to discuss overall issues relating to the education sector.
LINA HVW/TSS/PTK