Africa-Press – Liberia. The Ministry of Education has begun a five-day workshop on monitoring, evaluation, and learning in the educational sector of Liberia.
The training, being held in partnership with UNICEF Liberia, is for central and decentralized planning and M&E officers, held in Kakata City, Margibi.
It is taking place on the campus pf the Kakata Rural Teachers’ Training Institute. It ends this Friday, May 30, 2025.
Speaking to the reporters at the onset of the workshop, the director for planning, monitoring and evaluation at the Ministry of Education, Abdallah Housseini explained that one of the major priorities of the government under President Boakai is decentralization at all levels and to ensure that there is a system that is monitoring and tracking progress.
According to him, it is within that direction the Ministry is moving in building capacity at all levels for all reporting officers with specific emphasis on M&E and planning officers as well.
Mr. Housseini disclosed that the Ministry received funding from the United Nations International Children Education Fund or UNICEF-Liberia, to bring together 52 participants, including 32 planning officers from across 16 educational counties, folks from the central government, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, County Education Officers, District Education Officers and MOE focus point and planning point, amongst others.
He said the training is also geared toward acquainting participants not only with the educational plan, but also the national plan, introduce them to the framework of aid, and to setup reporting mechanisms and tools that will build their capacity to report holistically on progress of the government.
“We are here now building the capacity of decentralized staff so that we can be effective in reporting, not just as a sector but as pillar six of the human capital development pillar”, he explained.
He recounted that in 2025 President Boakai launched the National ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID) that has six pillars with education under pillar sixth. under which are different strategy policies with education being policy 19 through which the president has highlighted six programs which are meant to improve the educational sector of the country.
He listed some of the issues under policy 19 as enhancing teachers’ capacities, ensuring that students have access to a very safe environment, ensuring that all students have textbooks, system governed under a synchronized policy and agreed framework, and that all key informants and stakeholders are informed about the program and other emphasis on higher education and T-VET.
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