FELMAUSA Education Committee

EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ALL: A CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLETRACY IN LIBERIA

Overview

Liberia is emerging from over a decade of civil war that unimaginably destroyed institutions that bolstered the educational, socio-political, and economic development of every Liberian. As a result, thousands of Liberians now live in poverty and are unable to provide for their daily needs. Pathetically, such an abject poverty has driven the quest for education in Liberia to an all time low level, as many Liberians barely afford to pay the high cost of education. Despite recent Government’s effort to make education compulsory for all Liberians, most especially the youth, children of school going age are not in school because families would rather prioritize food with the little money they have to schooling.

There is a downward trend in the quality of education offered due to poor facilities and learning materials, and the lack of qualified teachers. Education professionals who fled the civil war have not returned for reasons such as low pay rate and poor security. The Educational Institutions are in ruins across the nation, causing overcrowding in the very few functional and affordable schools confined to Monrovia and its immediate environs

The war also hindered the ability of Liberia to educate her citizens at a preferable rate due to very limited government funding for educational institutions. As the government struggles for funds, the cost of education continues to be the full responsibility of the very struggling students and their families. There is no imminent sign that the government will provide the kinds of pre-war subsidies, which in the past, lowered the cost of education and lessened the financial and economic burden on students and families.

With Community Empowerment Unity and Success Are Assured!

FELMAUSA Education Committee