Sierra Leone News News Sierra Leone » Education: Sierra Leone: ‘I’ve cleaned up our image and I am investing in education’ – President Madaa Bio
The Africa Report sat down with Maada Bio in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to talk about his education drive and whether it would help him win another term in office during next year’s ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: Sierra Leone urges tougher measures for education quality
The imperative to safeguard the quality and integrity of Sierra Leone’s educational system dominated discussions on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, during a Special Edition Civic Town Hall at the Miatta ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: The power of radio in Sierra Leone
I was only a few months into my new role as Sierra Leone’s education minister when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. At the peak of the crisis, up to 1.6 billion children across the world found themselves ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: Sierra Leone: Center Girls’ Voices in Education Reforms
The Sierra Leone government should prioritize the views and experiences of girls to advance its education reforms, Human Rights Watch and Purposeful said in a report released today. Despite the ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: Lessons from Sierra Leone: How to get girls back to school
Mariamu* did not intend to give birth at school. She had discovered she was pregnant, aged 16, during Sierra Leone’s nine-month Ebola lockdown in 2014. Her boyfriend disappeared and she was consumed ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio launches Education Project, signs US$ 66 Million Education Multi-Donor Trust Fund
Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education has today launched the Sierra Leone Education Project and signed a US$ 66 Million 5-year Multi-Donor Trust Fund before His Excellency President Dr ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: Devex Newswire: Rwanda, Sierra Leone get results-based education funds
Sign up to Devex Newswire today. Two innovative new funds will launch in Rwanda and Sierra Leone to improve early education — but the funding from donors will be ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: Children, education and empire in early Sierra Leone : left in our hands / Katrina Keefer
Nineteenth-century Sierra Leone presented a unique situation historically as the focal point of early abolitionist efforts, settlement within West Africa by westernized Africans, and a rapid ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: On the Front Line of an Education Revolution
MAKENI, Sierra Leone — Any exasperated parent might be forgiven for wanting a daughter like Alimatu Sesay, a highly motivated 16-year-old who can’t afford schoolbooks but borrows them from wealthier ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: How UK aid cuts are hammering education in Sierra Leone
In 2018, British NGO Street Child of Sierra Leone, or SCoSL, came to a primary school in Sierra Leone led by head teacher Samuel Koroma, whose real name we’ve changed to protect his identity. The U.K.
News Sierra Leone » Education: What to Know About the Election in Sierra Leone
In Saturday’s vote, President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second five-year term to pursue an ambitious if unfulfilled education initiative, while the country is facing a crippling economic crisis.