Out of School Children in Magburaka

UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Education Youths and Sports (MEYS) yesterday released a report which revealed that there are about 300,000 children who are out of school in Sierra Leone. The report, which is titled: ‘The Out-of-School Children in Sierra Leone’ examines the causes and categories of children who are not going to school and makes recommendations to tackle the issue. Sheku Ahmed Tejan Tanu who chaired the launching ceremony of the report said research plays an important role in the socio-economic development of any country. He explained that it is only through research that problems could be identified and solutions found. The chairman called on all to read and digest the recommendations made in the report, so that children out of school in Sierra Leone will be a thing of the past. Deputy UNICEF Representative Vidhya Ganesh reaffirmed their institutional commitments. She said, “What this country needs is human capacity, after the civil war and brain drain.”  Vidhya Ganesh explained that the quality of education does not come out as a major factor but “I do know that it is another problem… teachers need to be trained.”