Vice President Jewel Taylor Warns Against Education Budget Cuts: Liberia education children economy governance JewelTaylor
Vice President Taylor says the Government of Liberia has made a commitment in line with ECOWAS protocol to ensure that budget of member states for education does not reduce, but instead, progresses towards 25 percent minimum.
"I'm happy that Senator Prince Moye of Bong County, who is the chairman on education is here; the Senate should not reduce the ministry of education's budget but rather increase it so that the ministry can carry out its functions by providing quality and modern education for Liberians", the Vice President explains.
Liberia's Education Minister Ansu Sonii said the ministry needs US$3 billion, about three hundred times the country's budget to take education in Liberia to international standard. The senate chair on education, Bong County Senator Prince Moye, pledged to work with both houses of the Legislature for more budgetary allotment to the ministry and praisedHowever, Senator Moye stressed a need to observe people, who refer to themselves as teachers in the classroom, noting that most of them are not trained teachers, as come from different professional backgrounds but due to lack of jobs they force themselves in the education sector.
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