How Ebola has affected education in Sierra Leone

GPE media coverage - May 19, 2016 | Source: World Economic Forum's website

Children ready to go to their classroom in Sierra Leone, credit: GPE/Stephan Bachenheimer

When the West Africa Ebola crisis arose in 2014-15 in Sierra Leone, schools were closed for eight months. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology commissioned an Emergency Radio Education Program with support from GPE and other donor partners which provided daily radio programming based on the primary and secondary school curricula in core academic subjects.

Read the article in the World Economic Forum's website

Focus areas: Education in crisis situations

Regions and countries: Sub-Saharan Africa: Sierra Leone

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