Education Minister Prof. D. Ansu Sonii, Sr. and team will shortly bein an 18-day nation-wide inspectorate and awareness tour, an Education Ministry press statement said in Monrovia on Tuesday.
The latest tour is in continuation of the Comprehensive Reform agenda of the Ministry of Education, starting from February 7, 2019.
According to the statement, the tour begins from the Southeastern region.
Minister Sonii and his officials will familiarize themselves with critical educational issues relating to the following for prompt intervention and professional support that will upgrade and standardize the educational sector in those parts of the country. Those issues include:
- The Tutorial Class Project or WASSCE intervention by MOE
- The enforcement of regularizing permit and enforcement of renewal of the Operational permits
- Addressing the plight of supplementary teachers
- Listening to the Voluntary teachers to verify, authenticate and evaluate their claims
They will also inform the school system in those counties about projects and programs to shortly be implemented within their various localities through our educational partners and donors.
Minister Sonii and his team will also give vivid explanation about the pending Modern Arm Chairs to be distributed to selected and accredited schools throughout the country for better learning environment and suitable seating capacity for all.
Among other things, the Education Ministry officials will evaluate the full implementation of the Code of Conduct for teachers and school administrators as well as the Academic calendar; listen to community dwellers, parents, teachers and the students regarding the implementation of the School Feeding Program; inform all County Education Officers (CEOs), the District Education Officers (DEOs), and all school authorities about the forth coning of the Annual School Census; as well as inform the school administrators and the parents about the distribution of teaching and learning materials for Early Childhood Education (ECE), and construction of age appropriate urinals and toilets.
During their nation-wide tour, Minister Sonii and his team will also inform the community dwellers, parents and the school authorities about the stipend for Primary school teachers to teach over-age students in ECE, in order to ensure a smooth transition to Primary school and the training of community care-givers to monitor the process
The issues of In-Service and Pre-Service teachers are also expected to be highlight, as well as reinforce accountability and transparency in the school system
The nation-wide tour, which is expected to end February 24, 2019, will take the Education Ministry officials to Sinoe, Grand Kru, Maryland, Grand Gedeh and River Gee.
The will also visitt Nimba and Lofa counties for the same purpose mentioned above.
Meanwhile, Education Minister Sonii is calling on all concerned school authorities throughout the length and breadth of the country to kindly coordinate and collaborate with the team for the improvement of Liberia’s education system.