A training program intended to improve early grade reading and instruction Monday began simultaneously in six counties across Liberia.
The program for grades 1 and 2 teachers and principals, which aims to equip primary teachers and principals with the relevant skills, organized by USIAD\Liberia in collaboration with the Education Ministry, is taking place simultaneously in Montserradoo, Margibi, Grand Bassa, Lofa and Bong Counties.
According to a USAID press release, it is using materials developed by USAID and the Ministry of Education under previous joint projects.
A total of 1,920 participants, drawn from 640 USAID and MOE selected public primary schools for the Read Liberia project, are expected to participate in the sessions; while sixty-three trainers.
Facilitators comprise sixty-three trainers including fifteen master trainers from the Ministry of Education, forty newly hired coaches and eight staff from USAID/Read Liberia.
Read Liberia is a five-year USAID-Funded Project that seeks to ensure that public primary school students read fluently and comprehend grade level text in English after two years of schooling.
Through this program, pre-primary students will develop the oral vocabulary lexicon required for emergent literacy skills.
According to Liberia’s Education Ministry, there are 118,000 primary school aged children currently out of school in the country.