Socioeconomic inequalities affect the access to affordable and sustainable education in Sierra Leone: Sanda Tendaren Chiefdom. Education is a crucial part of the chiefdom's development. It has a direct affect on the living standards of the citizens of the chiefdom and a subpar system can ...
SIERRA LEONE: LACK OF EDUCATION PREVENTS WOMEN FROM VOTINGRachel Horner
In fact, people in Bo even knew who we were going to visit (one of the Sahn Malen team members has dread locks, an unusual hairstyle for men in Sierra Leone, so they know who he is). Thomas, our Honda driver The village, Sahn Malen, is really rural and the team has one of the...
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An exploration of the narrative of education in Bo, Sierra Leone: a bottom-up perspectiveThere has been increased recognition by the international community of the important role access to education can play in a post-conflict setting. However, education alone is not a panacea and scholars have ...
further education and work. Our recent consultancy work includes the design of teacher training reforms to improve early grade reading and mathematics skills in Sierra Leone, in partnership with UNICEF, and supporting the provision of careers information, advice, and guidance for young people in ...
Sierra Leone suffered a civil war from 1991-2002 from which much of the country's infrastructure and educational system was devastated. To address the urgent need of chemistry education in Sierra Leone, Chemists Without Borders (CWB) volunteers have partnered with other organizations to provide great...
Banya, K. (1991) Economic decline and the education system: the case of Sierra Leone. Compare 21: pp. 127-141Banya, K. (1991). 'Economic Decline and the Education System: the Case of Sierra Leone'. Compare, 21, 127-143.Banya, K. (1991). ‘Economic decline and the education system...
The third body worked to upgrade the quality of school education and assisted and advised the Ministry of Human Resource Development in the implementation of its policies and major programs in the field of education. The central government ran and maintained about 1,000 central schools for children...
In Western Africa a family planning education program has been developed to enable young people to gain healthy attitudes toward themselves and their sexuality. A pilot program was started in the early 1980s at selected schools in Sierra Leone and the Gambia. Teachers have been trained at workshop...