Sierra Leone News News Sierra Leone » Education: EU Commits to Supporting Education in Sierra Leone
The new Head of the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone, Ambassador Manuel Muller, has reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to supporting the education sector to help develop the country’s human ...
News Sierra Leone » Education: Former UConn football players are building school in Africa. It’s despite a life-altering disease one faces
Aaron Garland, a former UConn football player, remembers when he learned for the first time about the significant education challenges for children in Sierra Leone. Through a conference three years ...
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: 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: 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: Former UConn football players build school, church in Sierra Leone
Many college friendships last a lifetime. For former UConn Football players Aaron Garland and Carlton Steer, their bond led to something much bigger. Last year, Garland met a Pastor at a conference he ...
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: 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: Education is a Human Right – That is, Unless you are Pregnant in Sierra Leone.
Thousands of pregnant girls are being excluded from school because of a rule issued by Sierra Leone’s government. In April of 2015, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology issued a statement ...