Education+in+Liberia


 * ​ Education in Liberia**

Like American schools, Liberia's education system is split into five main school levels. Pre-Primary/Kindergarten is held for children ages 3-6 Primary Education is held for students ages 6-12 and students stay in this level for 6 years Junior Education is held for students ages 12-15 and students stay in this level for 3 years Senior Education is held for students ages 15-18 and students stay in this level for 3 years
 * Structure**:
 * Kindergarten/Pre-Primary
 * Primary/Elementary School
 * Junior HIgh School
 * Senior High School
 * College and University

Liberian schools are in session from March through December The schools have an extended vacation from the first of January until the 28th of February The average time it takes for their students to move on to higher education such as college is 10 years. School is not mandatory in Liberia. Their educational enrollment rates are: The main reasons for low enrollment rates are poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition. There are high dropout rates in Liberia. Dropout rates in Liberia are high due to teenage pregnancy, early marriage, harmful traditional practices, poverty, and disease.
 * Enrollment:**
 * Primary - 147,216
 * Secondary - 54,623

These are the diseases that spread through Liberia which can helped be prevented if the Liberian people were educated on these diseases. [|**www.education.stateuniversity.com/pages/854/Liberia.html**] 

**Grading**: This is the grading scale that is used in Liberia

|| **U.S. Guivalents ** Grading Scale || || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A || || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B || || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C || || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">D || || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">F || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.liberianforum.com/sch.htm]
 * <span style="color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,times; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scale **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">90-100
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">80-89
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">70-79
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,times;">60-69
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,times;">0-59

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The passing grade from their grading scale is a 70%


 * Teachers:**

60% of Liberian teachers have never recieved proper training to become teachers <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> An organization called <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; msoansilanguage: EN;">The Liberian Education Assistance Project (LEAP) is one organization working to increase teacher training <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; msoansilanguage: EN;">.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.unicef.org/infobycountry/liberia_38362.html]


 * History of Education**:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More than 50% of schools in Liberia where destroyed after the civil war



There is currently no sufficent funds in the state budget for education in Libiera.
 * Financial Aid:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.liberianeducationtrust.org]


 * Aid from Outside sources**:

Liberia is also collaborating with the Government and United Nations partners to help improve the learning environment and the health and nutrition of the schoolchildren.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the civil war which obliterated more than half of the schools in Liberia, The Liberian Education Trust (LET) was established to help restore basic education in Liberia. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Most of the schools in Liberia are operated by churches and chrisitian missions Most of the schools in Liberia are operated by churches and chrisitian missions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a picture of a school that is operated by Christian missions. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/oseas_adsec/liberia.htm
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the main goals of LET is to create 50 schools, hire and train 500 teachers, and supply 5,000 scholarships for Liberia
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another one of their goals is to get American support and donations to help restore the education system in Liberia
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Catholic Church, Methodist, Episcopal
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Catholic Church, Methodist, Episcopal

Liberia has a lot of things it must work on in order to become a stronger and independent nation.
 * Goals**:

This chart shows the priorities Liberia must attain to:

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This poster shows Liberia's effort to create a successful education system to help create a stronger nation.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Around 70% of the population is illiterate and 50% of Liberian children are not in school because there are not enough schools to educate all of the students.
 * Literacy:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.liberianeducationtrust.org]


 * Language:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The primary language that they speak in Liberia is english.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.education.stateuniversity.com/pages/854/Liberia.html]

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