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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE X5'6/,'ofhéqû© MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
TO THE
PEOPLE'S REDEMPTION COUNCIL
OF THE Republic of Liberia For the period JANUARY 1,1982- DECEMBER 31,1982
MONROVIA, LIBERIA Dr. O.E. SAIGBE BOLEY DECEMBER 31,1982 MINISTER OF EDUCATION. R,L. i
M-262345/66-M/183 December 29» 1983
Genetlemen;
I have the honour most respectfully to submit herewith my Annual Report on the administration and activities of the Ministry of Education covering the period 1 January to 31 December 1982, recounting achievement, identifying problems and recommending or suggesting solutions thereto.
It is gratifying to indicate that the performance and accomplishments of this Ministry during the period under review were characterized by a considerate degree of successes which were attained through your relentless and unceasing support.
In recognition of this, I take this opportunity on behalf of my Staff, and on my own behalf, to express our sincere thanks and gratitude for this support. We feel confident that with your continued support this Ministry will make greater progress and achieve the goals for which it was established.
In The Cause of The People, THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES« ii PREFACE
During "the year under review, we are pleased "to report "that; "the facilities and services of the Ministry of Education and its sub- bodies throughout the country have been greatly taxed and exerted so as to provide, with maximum statisfaction, the services enti*usted to us.
This demand and our consequent effort to meet and satisfy them have highlighted and made more evident some existing constraints and limitations under which we at the Ministry of Education operate and which as a matter of fact and urgency, need to be reviewed. It is recognized that among the many factors which continue to retard growth and development of our schools are the irrelevance of educational programmes and the quality of the personnel in the school system. In our endeavour to continue to map out means by which our students can receive quality education, the Ministry of
Education has, inter alia, revised the curricula of primary and secondary schools, proposed the establishment of a national council^ for Higher Education and made positive strides toward making availa¬ ble low cost textbooks. _
Another old-age issue which is of concern to us is that of in- frestructurai development. While we note that many primary and secondary schools have been built throughout the country in recent years, current programmes of educational expansion have not,kept with the growth in the school age population of thisnation.
We, however take comfort in the fact that the 2-year old PRC
Government, under the able leadership of C-I-C Samuel K. Doe is fully committed to a vigorous programme' of educational expansion and the provision of equal educational opportunities for every Liberian youth. ! I iii
A recent source of complaint during "this period is "the mount—
ing cosi of tuition fees at private schools subsidized by govern¬ ment, These fees were mounting so high at all levels that the
average Liberian parents were beginning to feel they cannottmaintaín their children at these schools except something is done. Here
again, we like to commend government for the timely step it took
in this matter, '
Finally, and not the least problematic of these reflectox-y
analysis of educational constraints, limitations and trends, was that which tended to defeat government's efforts to develop a core
of needed skilled manpower. Indeed, while we noted with interest that our foreign scholarship programme has had a fruitful impact on the development of high calibre manpower, we also observed that there was a large number of irresponsible Liberian youth studying abroad, especially in America, on Government scholarship, who were captivated more by the glitters of alian sophistries rather than a sense of moral obligation and gratitude to government for the opportunity they have been offered. Thus in our attempt to máke this programme meaningful, all such students have been dropped from our scholarship roster. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL i
PREFACE ii
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION 1
Division of Personnel 1
Division of Finance — — 5 Division of Buildings & Grounds 7
Division of Transport — — 9
Office of the Legal Counsel — 11 Division of Printing & Publications 13
Division of Scholarships — 15 Dispatch Section 19
Division of Procurement — 20
DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION 21
BUREAU OF GENERAL SUPERVISION 24
Community Schools Program — 24
Division of Adult Education —— — 26
Liberian Language Program —— — — 28
BUR ru OF PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL EDUCATION 29
Division of Media Education — 30
Institute of French Studies — 32
BUREAU OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES 34
'Division of Curriculum Development —— 34
Division of Student Personnel Services —— 36 TABLE OP CONTENTS
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT 39
Fourth Education Project Financing 39
Liberian National Commissions for UNESCO — 39 School Mapping Unit 59 Division of Research & Publication 62 Division of Statistics 68 Textbook Unit 70
Division of Educational Facilities — 73
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS OF LIBERIA 90 DEPARTMENT OF ADHIHIETBiTION Page 1
PERSONNEL
In S. order to meet the needs of our rapidly expanding area of economy in the education it is essential to have a qualified oorps of dedicated, administrators and professionals working in à well organized this system, end, we are pleased to report that in this Ministry's continuing efforts to fulfill its mission, it effected several personnel changes and/or shifts with a view to up-grading school supervision, administra¬ tion and offer a greater degree of professional servioes. The changes were as follows»
Hon, T» Kudar for Jarry, Deputy Minister of Education Instruction was appointed Eduoation for Deputy Minister of D» Administration, replacing Mr, Walter Richards who was relieved of his portfolio, Dr, Maria Rosalita Roberts, Assistant Eduoation for Minister of Curriculum Development and Student Personnel Servioes was of appointed Eduoation for Deputy Minister Kudar Jarry, Instruction, replacing Hon, T,
Mrs, Efcmonia for Tarpeh, Assistant Minister of Planning and Education Development was appointed Assistant Minister of Education for Tidi Instruction replacing Mrs, Speare Stewart who was relieved of her post, and Mr, Henrique Tokpa, Director of ment was Planning and Develop¬ appointed Assistant Minister Research, for Planning and succeeding Mrs. Btmonia Tarpeh, Other changes which inoluded the appointment of Divisional heads and Professionals were*
Mr. Yanoy Peters Elah who was for serving as Special School Supplies and Assistant Warehousing was elevated position 0j£ Personnel to the Director, replacing Mrs, Karpeh who resigned; itydea Reeves Page 2
Mr# J# Cr. Gbanyan Matt beoame Director of Scholarshipt replacing lies« Myra Moulton;
Mrs# Helen Summerville "beoame Director of national Curriculum;
Mr# Charles G# Breeze was named the new Director Teacher Education, replacing Mr# James B# Gowala who was transferred to the position of Special Assistant for School Supplies Warehousing;
Mr. Henry G# Barjibo was named Director of Sohool Feeding Programme, replacing Mrs* Muriel Langley;
Mr# Herbert Goodlin was appointed Director of the newly created Texfbo&k Huit, while Ms# Morle Brisbane was appointed Aoootxntmifc of the Unit;
Mr# Joseph S, Neufville was appointed Deputy Project Director of the' Planning and Implementation Unit (PlU) for Finance Fellowship & Teohnical Assistant, replacing Mr# Valentine Caulker who passed away in 1981, and
Mrs# Cecelia Davis-fiallup beoame Projeot Acoountant of the PIU, replacing Mr# Neufville, pyom-iEUT pF TEACHERS
During this period, the 287 teachers that graduated from the Teacher
Training Institution in December 1981 were employed by the Ministry of
Education and placed in schools throughout the Country# The distribu¬ tion of tho teachers were as follows ï # Per Total Per I# SOUTH-WESTERM REGION County
A) Montserrado County 35 B) Grand Bassa County 9 51 C) Grand Cape Mount County -1
II* NORTH-CENTRAL REGION
A) Bong Cirunty 21 B) Nimba County 45 129 C) Lofa County SSL Î29 Page 3
III. SOUTB-BASTEEH SEGION
A) Maryland County 38 "* B) Sino© County 32 IGT
C) Grand Gedoh County 37 , Grand Total 287
These teachers wer© graduates from the teacher training1 programme of the following institutions«
INSTITUTION NO. OF GRADUATES
W.Y.S, Tubman Teacher College, University of Liberia 13
Outtington University College 24
KRTTI I52
, • - ft .... w ZETTI 98
TOTAL 287
It is gratifying to note that 37 of these trained teachers were
"University degree holders«
The total number of teaohers replaoed this year were 1,159»
increase of 525 and 267 when compared with figures in 1980 and 1981
respectively« The "below table provides statistical date of employment
pattern:
IAULEIX: EMPLOYMENT PATTERN
COUNTY REPLACEMENT BE-INSTATEMENT SAL. A3). TOTAL
1. Bong 112 6 8 126
2« Grand Bassa 79 3 8 90 Page 4
"T 68 >4 1 131 4 & Gracd Gedsh 128 2 167 5* 4ofa 159 3 5 127 *• Maryland 117 3 7 363 7. Horósserrado 329 15 19 122 a. Simt«, 111 1 10 6? 9. Bixioa 59 6 2 60 i,«6l TOAI 1,159 42 I>axlng fhia period, th© cherished dream of the Divisicm. >© reality vhÃn. it published in Art *$, ^ IfégftgforE of Edu^t^. This "booklet, whioh vas started in 1979, oon- ^ xroleo, procedi, reea**i«r^ It is expected to serve as the guiding prinoipl© of the } ^dnigrtxy-of Bdaoafcioiu Page 5 DIVISION OF FINANCE & BUDGET The year 1982 was very eventful for the Division of Finance and Budget. It ushered in two new systems of program Budgeting and Per¬ sonnel Audit or on-the-spot-paying of employees. Program budgeting, the system by which budget is made according to the various programs is considered with specific tasks to be per¬ formed within a given period. By so doing the effectiveness and goals can be assured in a specific period. The Bureau of the Budget with U. N. Sponsorship conducted a seminar on program budgeting. The Ministry ofEducation sent two Senior Technicians, Mr. T. K. Anthony and Mr. B. K. Potopa, Budget Analyst and Assistant Budget Analyst respectively to attend that Seminar. The Ministry was also placed on an extensive Personnel Audit during the year. This program was performed by a Team from the Bureau of the Budget. It lasted from January to June 1982. At the end the audit, the Ministry processed its own payrolls for two montas, August and September as a Pilot project to reflect all changes that were made during the Pay-Audit Exercise. At the end of September a Proforma Payroll was processed by the I. B. M. Computer at the Ministry of Finance, and the print-but was checked by both the paying Team and the Division of Finance and Budget, Ministry of Education, At present, the Division is compiling the needed basic data from documents from our schools submitted by our Regional Education Officers. We hope that this data will be fed into our 299 Electronic Data Processor which will maintain a constant up-dated print-out for future Paying-Team-Audit-Programs. After this is done, we will be assured of a basic document from which adequate data will be re¬ trieved for all subsequent audits. Page 6 The division has "been successful in cutting down the ever present "BACK PAY" requests, and we hope that in our current Budget year, this item will he eliminated as it tends to errode our quest for better control# Hereunder are statitios showing appropriation for the year covering two budget periods and expenditures for the 1982« SUMMARY OP ITURE REPORT ^jrm, .198% TABLE It SÖ9BSDfe*tt3B POR £ MOUTHS APPRO. POR 6 iJflSMH-S 100 PERSONNEL SERVICES «13,175,069 «13,175.069 200 OTHER SERVICES 566,629 566,629 300 MATERIALS & SUPPLIES 620,528 620,527 400 EQUIPMENT 85,953 85,955 600 SUBSIDIES à GRANTS 171,050 171,050 000 DEVELOPMENT 418,500 418,500 900 EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE 2,587,500 2,587,500 SUBSIDIES/SCHOLARSHIP . 3,629,569 SUB TOTALt n ^20.253.789 TABLE lit PERIOD JULY - DECEMBER 1982 SXPEHPITDRE POR £ MOm-BS 110 PERSONNEL SERVICES $13,022,643.50 $14,608,790«72 200 OTHER SERVICES 2,812,549.50 667,634.54 300 MATERIALS & SUPPLIES 820,295.00 746,056.20 400 EQUIPMENT 134,000.00 105,375.00 600 SUBSIDIES & GRANTS 3.346.777.00 .,, ?r*l2.746.99 SUB TOTALl «19.136.265.00 _ Page 7 DIVISION OP BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS The Division of Buildings and Grounds repairs furniture, office equipment and renovates school buildings and other buildings owned and leased by the Ministry of Education. The Division inspects ihe repairs and renovation works contracted out to private construction firms« The only construction work being undertaken is the Newport Street Vehicle Shed which is about 3096 completed. Two Sections operate under the Division of Buildings and Grounds, namely: the General Maintenance and the Custodian Services Sections, Under the general maintenance section are the technical Crew-carpenters, eleotricians, masons, painters, plumbers and other repair men. The oaretakers and janitors perform the custodian ser¬ vices. During the period under review, the below listed repair and renovation works were undertaken: RENOVATION AND REPAIR WORK COMPLETED JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 1982 1. Kendeja Center Public School (Kendeja) 2. John Payne Mitchell Jr. High School (Schiefflin) 3. Number 15 Gate Public School (careysburg) 4« Point 4 Kindergarten (Point 4-Monrovia) 5« Banjur Publio School (Banjur) 6. Schiefflin Army Barracks Public School (Schiefflin) 7« Mies, Jordan's House (Paynesville) 8. Materials Center (Tubmariburg, Bomi Territory) 9. Lynoh Street Warehouse (Lynch Street) 10, Ashmun Street Warehouse (Ashmun Street) 12.» 6th Floor additional #2 wire and main breaker 13. Placed rogue bars on 3rd floor store-rooms 14« Repaired lights and installed one new light in Minister's 0füce/6th Floor I?. Repaired and partitioned Printing Office 16. Repaired and changed zino on Gardnersville Estate School (Gardnersville's Steven A, Tolbert Estate) Several Schools were also inspected for renovation, but due to che lack of funds, werk was not commenced: 1. Tubmariburg Material Center (Water System) 2. Polah Self Help School (Grand Gedeh County) 3o Doowicken Publio School (Grand Gedeh County) 4o Jedepo Publio Sohool (Sinoe County) 5. Voogbadee Public School (Sinoe County) 6. Graie Publio School (Nimba County) Page 8 7. N, V. Massaquoi Public School (Bong County) 8. W. V. S. Tubman High Annex "(Munie Sohool) 9» Ellen Mills-S canborough Pre»Primer (Brewerville) 10, Garblee Kindergarten School (Grand Bassa County) 11, S, L, Fleming Elementary Sohool )Grand Bassa County) 12, Tubmanville Elementary School (Grand Bassa County) 13, Little Kola Public Sohool (Grand Bassa County) 14, Lango Lippaye Jr, High School Home Economic Building (Gibi Territory) 15« Government Central High Sohool (Grand Bassa County) 16, Jovahn Public School (kakata High Way) 17, Sanoyea Self Help Sohool (Bong County) 18, G, Flama Sherman Kindergarten (Grand Bassa County) 19, Butaw Public School (Sinoe County) 20 New Goergia Estate Pre—fab School Building (New Goexgia.) 21, Barnersville Estate Sohool Building (bamersville) Page 9 The Çxa: i»ürt Unit was created to play a supporting role to ti:o various departments of the Ministry by way of organizing and setting up of preventive maintenance and repair units that would cater to all vehicles administered by the Ministry of Education. The Unit is fully staffed with 24 employees headed by the director of Transport. Their aim is to ensure that all vehioles owned by the Ministry of Education are in top and serviceable condition at all times. Other major repiars such as body and fender work, overhauling of engine and spraying are contracted out to local vendors. The entire Ministry has a of 76 vehicles. Breakdown of this figure is analysed below? ABM* Mo. of vehioles In Use GROUNdED dep-* 6 of Administration 17 8 9 " " Inst.(Central Adm) 14 11 3 " " Planning 6 42 Adult Education 6 33 General County Supervision 25 12 13 County Material Centers 12 8 4' Because of financial constraints the Government is facing there was no vehicle purchased within this reporting period. There is an urgent need to complete construction of the Vehicle Shed being built to shelter the motor pool vehicles on Newport Street. This will help to prevent the wear and tear of vehicles caused by rust when parked in the school yard on Newport Street without shade. Page 10 RECOMMENDATIONS L. Presently, the Pool has seven (7) trucks. Out of this figure, four (4) are grounded. We are recommending that these four (4) trucks "be repaired in order to augment the remaining fleet since the Government does not have enough money to purchase new trucks. 1. Hino Truck RL-198 2. Hino Truck RL-237 3. Layland Truck RL-236 4. Layland Truck RL-245 Page 11 MOT- IHM ' -psi prepares all legal doou- ^ Office of the legal _ —«>Ai3ôttta for the Ministry of ments, ícctWB up ooiïtreote and agpBâBBff»0 „ Ministry of Education« Eàuoatlûtu It is the legal arm of the M»0rt U. most taport«rt actions taten By ths Ministry of Edae6.ti.on in 1982, was the ostabllohnent of Booh Age the *« (9) copies and sir (6) territories. Bhe Legal Oonnsel piwvared oontxacts whioh were duly signed By eaoh Booh ge -ï .,n^4-n with the Ministry of The following persons signed oontraox lÄNU^hion as Book Agents in4:the Counties or Territori ■0 " a >1ame of B?Qk Agent. 1* 1« Robert Swan Vehbo , Grand Ge^h Oouxrtry 2« Charlesetta Tarr Rireroess Territory 5« Theresa Boe Sagstown » 4* Mary E« Harris Tapplta, Nimba County 5. Joseph Marshall Saclapea, " « 6, Abraham Kromah Sanniqnelliey Nlma Oounty- 7« Albert Tarpah Bovah Bist«, Maryland Cecity 8» Johnson Tugbe Kamweaken, Grand Gedeh County 9« J&okson Koryeyon Bomi Territory 10« Latitia Hobo Kru Coast Territory 11, A.h T. Hah Zwedru, Grand Gedeh Pounty 12 « Wedäh Jarxy Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County 13« Salia Siryon Bopolu District '14. Saisi' Abdul >íahab Sinoe County ' 15» Francis Kpangbai Gbarnga, Bong County 16. Musa Kamara Voinjama, Lofa County ■ i* Nathaniel «Reeves Grand Bassa County f-» mm 'ö» H, Oummings Harper, Maryland County The Office of the Legal Côtinseilprepared two (2) other con¬ tracts during the period under revievç» AMT. DESCRIPTION mmcmaa sssaa.' - Mr, A, Hne HMECCO 850,000.00 500 arm ohairs for County Schools Mr, M, Doe, PEE 39,000,00 Furniture for Sinoe County Schools A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education and the National Import/Export Textile Corporation, p Republio of China was prepared for the balance of consignment school uniforms valued at 8256,508* 80, Another agreement betw - . . J-1 MJ mrrnj Wonn Ri-irex- Ttai' Page 12 It transferred 119 acres of land will all its buildings and : appurtenances from the Government of Liberia to the Mano River Union Forestry Institute, JTTOTTfiATT,n^ The Offioe the Legal Counsel handled the following oases during the year 1982, 1, Vinoerrfc Kaine vs. Catholio Diocese of Liberia 2, Samuel Wee vs, B. W. Harris High Sohool 3, Francis Cyrill vs. Daniel Jappah, Eeinoipal/BWI 4* Francis Danumelli vs. Monrovia College 5» Mars. MaggieMcClain vs. Asante et,al. The décisions in all these oases were communicated to the party litigants and the matters were:,resolved and the rulings were aooepted. The Legal Counsel represented the Ministry of Education at the SIMPOSIUM ON THE BEFERBENDUM OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION held at the UNITY Conference Center. He also participated in the revi¬ sion of the Foreign Scholarship Pólioy. y In 1982, the Offioe of the Legal Counsel received from the General Servioes Agency (GSA) a set of Liberia Law Beports (LLp) and a set of Revised Lfbexian Code of Laws (LCL). DIVISION OF PRINTING & PRODUCTIONS The primary objective of this Division is to produce primary textbooks written "by Liberians in sufficient quantities to meet our national needs and to do the basic printing works of the Ministry of Education. In this connection, the Liberian Government contracted with the World Bank for the provision of experts, equipment, materials, manpower training and other physical facilities. These original plans called for the provision of a book production expert, the construction and furnishing of a printing house and the train¬ ing of the existing staff at home and abroad. Although some of these provisions were met, much remains to be fulfilled. "Status of new equipment Of the several equipment plaoed on order, the following were received? EQUIPMENT LOCATION 1 Scina 125 offset preos Eduoationit pressn 1 Silksereen printing machine 11 « 1 Silksereen drying Rack 11 « 1 Electrick IBM Typewriter 11 11 1 Nulrc 1418 process camera 11 11 1 Overhud Opague Projector 1 Adast Maxina Guillotine Central Printing 1 Hand truck (wheel) " " Of these pieces of equipment, the Sclna press, and the NuArc Camera are not yet installed. At present, there Is only one old Multilith 1250 offset press in operation. But this machine has out lived Its usefulness; it is approximately 15 years old, and needs to be scrapped. fellowships Of the several scholarships promised under the project, only one was made use of — the offset camera course. All remaining scholarships were cancelled. However, the division continues to function — though with continued strain. Page 1k ra ^iaoaaise of the laok of adequate equipment, ajatorlails an^ Jollities, much was not accomplished. However# during the period under review, the following printing px*oJects were "undertaken and partially completed« UEff*S LEARN ENGLISH 2500 Oopiee Printed LITERACY BOOK 1A 1000 " " ELEMEKTAB.Y SCHOOL HT3POR3? CARDS 20*^00 " " JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL REPORT CARDS 8000 " M SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL REPORT CARDS 22,kOO " " f / Page 15 Within the last 12-Œaonths, the Scholarship Division underwent many Important and significant ohangee with a view to giving greater meaning to its programme and/or activities. Outstanding of these ohangee were the stand taken by the Ministry to appoint a new Director / and re-evaluate the Boholarsh.jp programme. Presently, all scholarship reoipients are carefully selected on the "basis of good character, excellent scholarship and adaptability. Por students sent abroad, | emphasis has been placed on selecting university graduates. Ehe total scholarship budget for fiscal year 1962/*83 is fcl,670,723,000. This figuref shows a downward trend on scholarship appropriation when compared with figure for fiscal year 1981/'82, which was $1,965,000.00. The local scholarship accounted for $446,250.00 of the 1982/!83 fisoal year figure. tftto aròhpHftifflj. Government continues to provide scholarships to young Liberians hailing from all parts of the country to pursue studies at the University, of Liberia, Cuttingfcon University College, Booker Washington Institute and ether institutions of learning. In Semester one (1 ) of the 19B2 aoademio year, local scholarships were awarded to 862 deserving students. However, because of our effort to maintain a higti soholastio level of the students, 32% or 183 students who proved to be leeB academically inollned were dropped. The distri¬ bution of the awards verei 1982 ACADEMIC YEAR 16 LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED TO STUDENTS 1982 NO. OF STUDS NO. OF STUDS NAME OF SCHOOL 1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER v Cuttington University College 106 46 2. University of Liberia 1 54 70 (a) UL(Liberian/Ivorian Students) 1b -Ö- 3. Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary 9 9 4. B. W. Harris Episcopal School 24 iö Cathedral High School 54 " • Bromley Mission, Clay Ashland 28 32 V. Lutheran Training Institute 29 10 b. kwendin Vocational Training Center 23 29 ✓ • Presbyterian Todee Mission 1 5 v • Zion Academy 5 3 1. St. Teresa's Convent high School 7 7 Óbalatuah High School 3 -Ö- St. Samuel High School 4 4 4. St. Patrick high School 20 20 ? • •Lett Carev Baptist Mission School 27 22 O • College of West Africa 29 Í5 V. St. Christopher's High School 11 8 8. Seventh-Dav Adventist Jr/High School 4 4 Brewerville Mission School 12 12 0. Wells-Hairston High School 8 4 i. St. Mary's Elementarv/lr. high 5 5 2. J.J. Ross Memorial High School 1 -0- ï*- St. Peter's Lutheran School 2 2 ií- Haywood Mission 5 Ï4 ài. Arthur Barclay lechnical Institute 1 1 St. Augustine's Episcopal Mission 2 1 St. Peter Slaver's SchSol 1 1 S* l.J. Roberts United Methodist Sch. 12 15 K.C. Lawson Institute of LiPeri a 2 1 Eongo Town u. tsarne* foundation School 6 b 1. Ricks institute 42 27 St. Marys High Sch. Sanniouellie b 5 àu Konola Academy 29 50 4. Suehn Industrial Mission 25 19 !/ • Bolahun Mission' 7 7 Monrovia College 54 17 L Booker Washington Institute 60 38 8. __ Ganta bnited Methodist Vocational Sch, 7 y. Wilson Memorial High School ' 3 1 P. Samuel Grimes Memorial High 5 5 l*- Assemblies of Cod high School 10 6 2. duna siocum Mission 7 5 D • 6ur Lady oi Fatima high School 2 2 Lf 9 Parish Hiph School 1 -Ö- b. W.v.s. Tubman College of Science and - Technology 14 samrord Bennis high School 2 -0- y. Episcopal High School, Cape Mount -0- 9 GRAND TOTAL 862 579 Page 17 These students are taking full advantage of the opportunities afforded them "by Government , and we do hope that Government will continue to help more and more of our students In this way. The records of this offloe reveal that as at 51 December 1982 there were 140 students studying abroad on Government scholarship and/or grant-in-aid. This Is 242 less than the figure reported for 1981* which was 382. The following statistical information attempts to show the dis¬ tribution of the students by countries. STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, BEGINNING January ye mmm im NO. OP STUBS. HÖ* OP STUBS NO. OP STUBS NO. OF 3RD Q2 JAN. 4TH Q2. ABRIL 1ST 02 JULY 2ND- QT. MARCH 1982 JUNE 1982 SEPT. 1982 OCT. - . m* tare MAM OP COUNTRY 1. USA PULL SCHOLARSHIP 52 52 5^ 53 USA Grant-In-Aid 12 12 12 12 EUROPE / 2, China Grant-In-Aid 3 3 3« United Kingdom 5*5 4 3 4« Prance 2 2 2 2 5» Russia 50 SO 41 41 €, Romania 18 18 11 11 ï, Italy 2 2 2.2 8, Belgium 1 12 2 mm y 9. United Arab Republic 3 3 3 3 10. Ghana 3 3 3 3 11. Sierra Leone MHWM3, 3 2, --ft- TOTAL 169 169 144 HO Page 18 The recorded drop in the foreign scholarship programme this year is a direct recruit of the re-evaluation exercise. A major finding of the or exercise vas that many of the students did not meet up with Government's requirements (ie, filing in property tonds) and laokof proper records to prove that they were actually in school. In view flf this, considering the need to further tighten the foreign scholarship programme, and also teoause / of the austerity budget with which we had to operate, it became necessary for us to take the following measures: 1. limit the number of new awards, 2. limit the number of extension request for graduate and post graduate studies, and 3. drop and recall those students who proved to be more interested in vacation trip abroad rather the gaining a profession. •RTT-ATOPAT. SCHOLARSHIPS The Government continued to reoeive scholarship offers from friendly nations to enable young Liberian to study abroad. During this reporting period the Governments of the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany Romania, China and Iraq offered scholarships to Government for strident to study abroad in various professional and technical • fields. The United States Agenoy for International Development (ïïSAID), the Afrioan-Amerioan Institute (AAl) and the Netherlands Government, were the biggest doners during this review period. As at 31 December 1982, thirtywjne (31) students abSpad have graduated and returned home. Government continues to make encouraging progress in tile area of foreign scholarship. We are proud to report that within the let last two years (1980-1982) as compared to previous years many Government - sponsored scholarship students have successfully completed their course of study and returned home. These students are contributing significantly to the over-all development of our country. Page 19 The volume of mails dispatched continues to increase. For the period under review this Section dispatched the following categories of mails; TYPE NUMBER Local Mail 11,062 Foreign Mail 5»654 Foreign Parcel 189 TOTAL 1A.885 / Page 20 THE DIVISION OP PROCUREMENT The Division of Procurement having the responsibility to obtain opera¬ tional materials and supplies necessary for the running of the various administrative and instructional areas of the Ministry» endeavoured relent¬ lessly to acquire the requested support needs. As always there was awareness for timely aquisition of goods and services for the implementation of the Ministry's work. The Procurement Division provided the following: DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION: Fourty-one (41 ) purchase orders (PS-1 ) were processed by Administrât!onJf amounting to $104,968.24. These purchase orders were for office supplies, auto repairs, renovations, gasoline and related products. DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION: The Department of Instruction processed fourty-two (42) purchase orders (PS-1) which acoounted for $140,745.94, for the purchase of school and office supplies, equipment, auto repairs, gasoline and related products. DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.: Twenty-three (23) purchase orders (PS-1) were processed by the Department of Planning and Development, amounting to $20,837.25» Purchase orders were processed also for the below listed areas of the Ministry. NAME OF AREA NO. OF ORDER AMOUNT COMMUNITY SCHOOL 6 $11,465.44 PROF./TECH. EDUCATION 12 8,484.22 ADULT EDUCATION 9 11,750.74 LS/T.T.C. 17 21,300.90 RODERTSPORT MERGED HIGH 10 _23.993.94 Jid- i76.983.24 Page 21 • ' ■ • IP&œiiiawT sösssuejt The Department of Instruktion, is that area of the Ministry of Education directly responsible for the administration of the Educational system, from the elementary to the high school level throughout the oouatry. This includes public and non-publio schools as veil as all non-formal eduoation to a large extent« The Department of BâsbrùAtiqp being the nerve of the Ministry of Eduoation, is divided into three (3) major bureaux to enable it to effectively carry out its mandate« Eaoh Bureau has several divisions which is intended to foous on various aspects of the administration of the Educational system« The major bureaux are» A) The Bureau of General Supervision B) The Bureau of Professional and Technical Eduoation C) The Bureau of Currioulum Development and Publie Personnel Services« DEVELOPMENTS During fiscal year 1982, several areas of developments were effectuated« To name a few are the following» A) A National Certification Committee was appointed by the — Minister of Education« Its purpose is to establish guidelines and -orl* teria for oertifying schools as well as training to faollltate stan¬ dardization of all sohools« Actual certification is to begin in fiscal 1983/84« B) A National Certification Board was also established« Its purpose is to certify all Educators within the Bepublio at various levels of operations. Page 22 It Is anticipated this Certification scheme, especially for teachers, will oomèxdtttoftlltcpeíation in fiscal 1983* It is hoped that this will oorrtribute to the increase in quality of teachers in our schools as well as the implementation of the proposed salary scale1« C) The Japanese Volunteer Program, also became operational to a greater extent during this reporting period« This program whioh is a joint co-operation between the Japanese and Iiberlan Governments is achieving momentum« D) The standardisation of all teachersJ salaries tee the level of (S3»000« 00) per annum for all teachers with a minimum of high school qualification also became operational« This provided a maginal difference between teachers and other unskilled workers« Page 23 GENERAL REOQMMEKDATIQNS 1# The re-irrfcroduotion of the Extensive Schools Programs in the Counties« 2« The i»-M®vice training for teachers he mandatory during the vacation period« 3« That the purchase of sohool supplies he done hi-annually« This will eliminate the frustration generally experienced hy teachers« 4. That the Ministry ÛÉplement the rules governing the opening of schools without the approval of the Ministry« This will curtail to an extent the rampart establishment of schools« 5. That a hotter means tßr payment of teachers salaries he devised at head offices« 6. That all schools in a county or district have direct supervisory responsibilities to the Chief Education Offioer in that county. 7« That teachers contracts he enforced to curtail frequent ahandonement of classes hy teachers« 8. That it he mandatory that all vehicles used for General Supervision he insured« _ 9« That a National Commission for Adult Eduoation he esta¬ blished to conduct and supervise Adult Eduoation Programs« Page 24 BUREAU OF GENERAL SUPERVISION luis Bureau is charged with the responsibility to provide In¬ struo clonal Supervision nationally to all schools. To perform this task, the Bureau has the following personnel: A) Three Regional Supervisors B) Nine Chief Education Officers C) Forty-two District Education Officers These supervisors are especially responsible to supervise educational programs, services and activities in all schools. /Some of the major programs are the following: COEii'-TUNITy SCHOOLS PROGRAM The Community Schools Program is an on-going Development Program initiated in 1971 by the Government of Liberia to provide equal edu¬ cational facilities and opportunities in the rural areas for elementa¬ ry and junior high schools in order to enable the rural people to participate in the National development program. Community Schools project is one of the key innovative strate¬ gies instituted by the Ministry of Education to effect quality, rele¬ vant and functional education at the elementary and junior high school levels to transform the rural communities to modernity. Pre¬ sently, the program continues to find more and better strategies to f achieve its goal. Early this year, January 17 to February 12, the Community Schools Principals Institute was held at the Rural Development In¬ stitute (RDI), Cuttington University College for training in School Ad linistration. There were fourteen (14) participants that attended tue Institute. The main aims of this Seminar which was divided into two parts, the second to be continued in early January, 1983, were as follows : 1» To assist in the conceptualization of community education; 2. To provide the principals with techniques and skills in leadership, and 3. To help each principal understand his various roles in school administration, in instructional leadership, and in personnel and business management. Page 25 In ec.rly April, a te.:;,a from the Community Schools Division consisting of the Director c„nd the three (3) Coordinators of Agriculture, Home Economics, and Manual Arts travelled to Lofa County to distribuis UNICEF supplies to the ComiT'inity Schools. The UNICEF supplies delivered were in the following areas s Agriculture, Home Economics, Manual Arts, and Physical Education. Eleven schools received agricultural supplies^ eleven home economics suppliesJ nine physical education supplies,' and four received manual arts supplies. Conferences were held with the work—oriented subject instructors during the community sohool visitation who were requested to involve the community ^ members in the training of Agriculture, Home Economics, and Manual Arts so as to bring about community development in the rural areas. An attempt to survey the Community Schools land in Grand Bassa County was made, it is worthy to note that through the efforts of the Chief Education Officer of Grand Bassa, the survey of the Community Schools land has already begun and is expected to be completed shortly. There is a serious problem of the lack of * toring of these programs as well as tra ^JJ^^g^Jo^aLíniSteringP the programs. ^ / m In or/'u-'r to operate the Community Schools Prograt efficiently, we 'ccommendï 1« That adequate transportation be provided to supervise the work—oriented subjects - Agriculture, Home Economics, and Manual Arts; 2. That the General Services Agency improves its delivery system as shortages of supplies in the various community schools have been regularly experienced due to the undue delay found at that Agency. This as a conséquence has created a lot of disruption of classes and programs. Page 26 TSTTLülO'ä OF ADïïLT EDUCATION During the past year the Division witnessed a dramatic change in policy- due to current financial/budgetary constraints. Against this background, various measures were taken by the Division. The step taken were in harmony with the present financial situation and to reduce the cost associated with a literacy campaign, the volunteer program was suspended with hope that it ^ will be reactivated when the financial condition improves. The Division submitted for consideration two work-oriented pilot projects and they were approved by the Ministry for implementation. As the government is committed to launching a national work-oriented or functional literacy ^ campaign, it is expected that the pilot projects will offer useful and important experiences that are needed in the planning and execution of a work—oriented literacy campaign. The second project approved is the market women project. This is a fun tional literacy project designed specifically for the more than 5,000 market women in the Monrovia area. It is hoped that the project will assist them improving their socio-economic conditions, and at the same time serve as a laboratory for the Division, Hopefully the two projects should be launch ^ in early 1983. \ ïhere is a lack cf a national policy for Adult/^"™"hl°h ^ give credence to the efforts of the Ministry of Education. L» Lack of financial and logistical support for the program. c. Lack of trained adult educators to manage the program. d. Lack of materials for ■ instructional purposes. TOTAL: Sinoe Nimba Lofa G.Cane G/Bas Bong Maryland G/Gedeh sa COUNTY County County Montserrado Co. County Mount Co. 277 22 24 50 20 45 25 21 29 41 CENTERS NO. M 251 21 20 56 20 42 25 21 25 41 NO. 56 2 4 25 5 - 4 mm P INSTR. 287 25 24 59 20 45 25 21 29 41 DOTAL * INSTR. NO DISTKEBUTION M GEOGRAPHICAL ite?2 150 102 500 112 200 160 200 215 215 NO. ACCORDING P LOCATION 1t62? 210 258 650 188 475 215 115 118 400 EARNERS TO 4.561 540 560 1.250 500 675 575 515 551 615 TOTAL LEARNERS NO. NO. \ 1 1 1 2 15 1 1 5 1 2 SUP. m. 1 1 mm - mm mm mm ■ Appendix mm CORD. NO. ? 1 1 A 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 NO. / DRIVERS g 2„ «• 28 — K3C0MMBNDATI0NS 1. That there he a national policy on Adult Education. 2. That budgetary support for the work-oriented projects he provided for the implementation of these projects. 3. That the Adult Literacy Division he taken out of the Ministry of Education and made an autonomous unit where it will he reoeiviag national as well as international support f'pr its operation. The Ministry could only serve as a clearing house for the program, 4« Should the program remain within the Ministjy, adequate space, supplies and logistics should he provided, 5, That properly trained personnel he employed to manage the program. LIBERTAN T.ANflTT&GE PROGRAM This program continues to receive lip service from the authorities of the Ministry. This program which is intended to provide skills in the national language, to faoilitate instruction in the elementary grades, is still worfully lacking in support. The central office has not found it necessary budgetary support for the proper implemen¬ tation of this program. However, with the increasing support for the use of the national language in beginning grades it is hoped that efforts will he made during this fiscal year to lend some support besides salaries to this program. Although sons progress is being made in providing manuscripts of the Krahn, Vai and Kpelle languages to some schools, this has been if not oompleted the efforts of the Director of the Language program along with the International Language Institute. - 29 - BïïBEAïï OP PROFBSSIONAL/TECHNICAL EDUCATION This Bureau's principal responsibility is to promalgate and improve soienoe and technical education in the country. It comprisse of several divisions and each is headed by a Director with speoific tasks all aimed at promoting soienoe and vocational teehnloal education in the sohools. Accomplishments 1. The Junior High School ourrieulum for industrial arts program was revised and will be used in the schools for academic 1983. 2. Specifically prepared science program were completed and are expected to be introduoed in the schools. 3. The music division compiled tapeo of nine Liberian ethnic music from nine tribes. This will be used in sohools in academic 1983. 4. A major nutrition and food workshop was hosted by the Divi¬ sion of Home Economics. Problems 1. A major set back in the operation of this bureau's activities was the delay in the supply of materials and supplies. 2. Laok of field transportation for proper supervision of science programs. He o ommendations 1. There should be an increase in funds allocation for the pur¬ chase of instructional materials, laboratory, apparatus and conducting of teachers' workshops. 2, Field transportation b* provided to implement and follow up programs of the burear ^ Page 30 J&pSIOH OF MEDIA ^UCATION jr the period review, liedia Education Division reports the following highlights of involvement in the Ministry*s recurrent efforts aimed at meeting the nation's manpower needs. The Division remains committed in the premise to a two—fold Media Education programme ï 1. Instructional, and î 2. Promotional, wherewith to ensure the availability of audio-visual equipment, materials and supplies to teachers and students, throughout the Republic of Liberia, as well as to secure promotion of the Mini¬ stry' s various programmes, polioies, and activities via all available media - notably Radio, Television, and Newspaper. On February 22nd, a new Director, Assistant Director and Instructional- Designer was respectively assigned to conduct the affairs of the Division. • • ' •• The promotional "Education & You" weekly broadcast on ELBC was discontinued,, owing primarily to lack cf operational budget; but particularly to Division's lack of transportation to and from ELBC where Management insists "program must be produced as a means of ensuring Broadcast-quality", considering that MOE- Media Division has not been able to afford broadcast-quality equipment. No major project was contracted out nor in, safe for technical assistance,, in designing and scripting a mini—series (MYSTERY—GUEST ), to the Division of Student Personnel Services which oame up with ideas for said television program on career opportunities and the nation's manpower needs. Otherwise, two separate media forms were designed and introduced upon approval of the Ministry's Senior Staff whose timely advice of the need to re¬ gularise and monitor MOE—announcements or other items intended for transmission via radio, tv, and newspaper enabled our distribution to all Administrative Assistant in the Ministry. The forms, and regulations therewith associated, 4 Page 31 1 will help curb the possible inadvertent broadcast of otherwise classified information. The Division has also established Piooo- -fonfsxoxi^en. p^œs-Releases, and the Ministry's Bulletin (Education Diary) to be part of its routine assignment, ïïpon requests from appropriate officials, therefore, or by directives of Senior- Staff members, the Division prepared and dispatched many Press—Releases, two f Press-Conferences, one for the Deputy Minister of Planning and Development, and another for the Minister of Education were organized and held during the period under review. Representatives of the Division also accompanied the Minister / and party to the National Education Conference in ZwedruJ ?or t'v.. Division's over—all operation and effectiveness within the Ministry and particularly the Department of Instruction, the following recommendations are made s 1. That operation—budget he provided under the ceiling of which commen¬ surate national Media Education Programme will be pursued. 2, That cost—considered mandaté he given for establishment of two—way radio contact with District, County, Regional and National Education officials (non-broadoast radio). / Q.;= nv S?.JDIBS Page 32 S-fPBBS'JS» The academic year of the Institute runs from September to June of every year. There are presently 41 students on Government of Liberia scholarships which allow them to receive $85.00 monthly stipend. And 24 students are now f in Abidjan sponsored by the French Government with a monthly stipend of (60.00 C.F.A.) each. These students who are undergoing a French Teachers' training after signing a 5 year contract with the Government of Liberia have ^ a study length of 5 to 6 years, which is too long. Taking also into consideration the fact that only very few of them do succeed in Abidjan, we have deemed it expedient to alter this program. • jv r--.fr. •» * r The Institute for French Studies organizes, through the French Embassy, evening classes for persons interested in learning the French Language; and that includes people of almost all nationalities. Among its many functions, the Institute for French Studies not only gives pocdgogical advices to French Teachers who come frequently and in great number to the Institute, but also visits other schools in the Monrovia area. ÀS&'^MSNTS AMD PROJECTS; 1) With the help the Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Education, we have established a diploma for students who successfully complete their studies abrord. The issuing of this new diploma will start next June. Page 33 A new solution to the 2) minimize length of Btudy of our students in sending them to a more appropriate center has been Studied as this will provide them with a better and accurate linguistic and professional training in pedagogy, we have requested from the French Government that an official of the Ministry of External Affairs of France comes here in order to properly study the feasibility of this project. / The request was approved and this official is due here at the end of February, 1985. 3) We are more and more promoting by demonstrating in our High Schools M of a modern and light pedagogical material, which is more convenient and easier than the "Pierre et Seydou" Method which was recommended years back. 4) We are seeking new ties with Embassies of Francophone Countries in Monrovia. PROBLEMS; 1 * The length of study is too long and therefore needs to be re¬ structured appropriately. 2. Better accommodations for the Institute is needed, due to the sophisticated. qquipneAt in laboratory which needs to be adequately air-conditioned. 3. The inadequacy of the petty cash for the dayto-day operation t of the Institute. jffiCOMMBlTDATTfflra . 1. That the length of study be reduced from 5 to 6 years to 3 to 4 years. 2. That the University of Abidjan as venue of the out-of-country training, be changed to another place where better and adequate..." linguistio and professional training in pedagogy- is available. Page 34 BUIíEÁTJ OF CUEBICïïLM DEVELOPMENT AND STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES This Bureau consists of two main Divisions: a. The Division of Curriculum Development, and b. The Division of Student Personnel Services, These two Divisions serve as related functioning organs in the Bureau of Curriculum Development and Student Personnel Services in the Department of Instruction, They are responsible to produce relevant and meaningful curri¬ cula, programs and activities for students, in an effort to produce quality education. Programs and Activities*. National Curriculum Development Division: / During this reporting period, the following aooomplishments were madeï Elementary Education - The Grade Three Social Studies text has been completed and is to be evaluated shortly, - An Atlas for the Elementary grades was also completed and has been for¬ warded to publishers for quotations, - The Grade One Social Studies text has been upgraded with additional materials and is ready for use in 1983» - The Health Education Curricula for Grades One through Nine have been completed. - The Elementary Social Studies Curriculum for grades Pour through Six is being revised. Secondary Education - Pive hundred (500) copies of the revised Secondary Language Arts Curri¬ culum have been reproduced and were distributed. - Guides of projects/exercises and collateral literature have been repro¬ duced and distributed to some secondary schools in the Monrovia area. Page 35 { / - Questionnaires were prepared fer trop Liberian l^hsma.-fcin« &©=trLas for grades one through six, and sent to twenty-two schools in tne Monrovia (22) area; feedback hâve been tabulated and summarized ««a ^ work on the series is now going on. ^ - The Physical Education Curriculum has "be©» completed and five un (500) copies reproduced. - The ,, , o-uoi-tro French Curriculum for grades seven through have and will be distributed to French teachers during academicar;,A&mi.c yyear 1985« - The Short History of Liberia produced by Center, has been revised and five hundred (500} copi . ^produced and are available for sale in academic 19°5» 1 were conducted for Luring this reporting period, two major wor s ^ . . , he „ .o1i iji Pocfa County antF implementation of the revised -On» woo tn -w- he other in the Mont s errado County area. he Curriculum Material Centers The National Curriculum Development Division houses the Besouros 44 Centex which monitors the other thirteen material oentes in the var one Wies. This center is the life stream of curriculum Development and . preparation of supportive materials for the curriculum and its implementation. Ihe w .a es centers serve learners, teachers, »ell as eduoatore of all levels b ^ the various communities. During the period under review, the scope ° activities of the material centers have heen hroadened from that of mere , Production and distribution of teaching aide to preparing supplementary * mir revised course imateriais in all subject areas which are being use of Btudy. . . . ai(, in order to be more self-reliant in textbooks production, a work- i shop was held in Buchanan, Grand Basse, fcminty up-grade ^coordinators at the various oenters. Page 36 During this period, three hundred (300) books were catalogued in the Material Eecource Center at the Ministry of Education. Instructional materials in the areas of Mathematics and Science were completed by the Graphic Arts Section and forwarded to the various Material Centers. This section also illustrated the Social Studies texts for grades one and two and are doing grade three. THE STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES DIVISION This Division is headed by a Director, with one Assistant Director and several Coordinators. The four main Units are: Guidance Service it Health and Special Education Physical and Cultural Education Student Exchange Program Programs and Activities » Student Personnel Services The activities of this Division are also centralised at the Ministry of Education (Student Personnel Division). The major functions of the Division are to provide services which help to supplement student^ academio activities by helping to facilitate their total development morally, socially, physically and culturally. The Division has, during the period under review, collaborated its efforts with other ministries and some divisions within this Ministry in conducting programs. Guidance Services The program and "Guidance You"# a weekly series program over Badio Statioh SLWA, is produced by this Unit. The program deals with career education and gathers information from a variety of professional and vocational areas. Con¬ cerning career Education, visits were made to many high schools to explain and discuss issues on specific career. Page 37 Health Services and Special Education The Unit is responsible to encourage the teaching and expansion of Health Education in all schools throughout the country. Training workshops and lec¬ tures were held on Family Life Education for Junior end Senior high schools students. Health Education Curriculum for grades one through nine were deve¬ and circulated to loped schools. Also during this period, workshops were held on two different occasions on training School Health personnel and Family Life Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (MH&SW), Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) and Family Planning Association (3WPAL) in Liberia. A National School Health Program proposal Its completed in collabo¬ ration with MH&SW, and is now ready for submission. Physical and Cultural Education This Unit is responsible to organize and implement National Physical Education Programs. In collaboration with the National Commission and Health and Social Welfare, they also organize international programs. In addition to its many functions, it also plans and implements programs for national holidays. During this reporting period, twenty-one (21) teachers received training in physical education, and are presently assigned to various schools throughout the country. Student Exchange Program For this reporting period, this Unit has launched an added dimension to its responsibility of planning a National Educational Enrichment Camp for exceptionally bright and gifted students. This project is expected to become operational in 1985« Page 38 Another dimension is the Multi—National Exchange Program whhioh is also scheduled to become operational in 1983.' At this time students will not only be involved in exchange programs in the U.S. as was done previously, but also with Norway and Germany. This unit through the Ministry will continue to host exchange program students. This reporting period, exchange students are expected to come from America and Italy to Liberia for a six week period. Problems There continues to exist inadequate funding for this unit. This has contributed to the slow progress of this Bureau. There is also a need for trained personnel in the bureau especially in the divi¬ sion of curriculum development. A large number of personnel, presently, are not formally trained for the job which is expeot«.'. of them. %eoomc.r.dp.ti ens 1. Serious efforts should he made to employ capable personnel within this bureau to perform the task of developing a relevant curriculum for the schools, / 2. Training opportunities be provided for textbook writing and materials development. 3# Logistical support for the division for material distribution and mopitering of the curriculum. 4. Primary—print typewriters for the production of instructional materials. 5. Increase budgetary allocations for the production cf educational materials, workshops for writers as well as staff training. Page 39 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT M'i',1L^yOAtlPN PROJECT FINANCING Government of Liberia contracts for external loans to finance the Fourth Education Project were signed with the African Develop¬ ment Bank (ADB) in November, 1982 for the equivalent of $9.8 million, and with the World Bank in December, 1982 for $13 »5 ^ million. OBJECTIVES The project objectives are briefly summarized in the following extract from the Staff Appraisal Report of the World Rank (No,AOXO~ LBR; September 30, 1982): The proposed project aims at consolidating the outcomes , of the three previous Bank Group assisted education pro- jects and helping the Government implement the next phase of a sound development program for education and training. Tlie main objective of the project would be to assist in strengthening the administration of education, improving the quality and efficiency of primary education, expand¬ ing access to primary education, and making key parts of the publicly supported skill training network fully opera¬ tional . To accomplish these objectives the project would finance£ Part I. Institutional Development. Educational planning and administration and préparation of_jLUture_ pro jects. Technical" assistance, auditing ser¬ vices*, fellowships, equipment, vehicles, and operating , costs to strengthen the MOE1s capacity for^educational planning, administration, project preparation and project management (including local consultant services to carry out about 20 training workshops); and Tests and Measurements. Technical assistance, fellow1-, ships,"' equipment and vehicles to strengthen the Liberian branch of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Part II. Primary School Development Textbook procurement and distribution. Technical assistance,~TeIT<5wships ce equipment and furniture, and the purchase of (about 1.9 million low-cost) text-^ books and transportation services to execute a textbook program for the primary level; Page 40 Teacher training and upgrading. Technical services provided bv the two universities in Liberia to upgrade about 2,250 pr:wary school teachers. To help the University of Liberia to better carry out its teacher training work, the pro¬ ject would finance equipment and pedagogical materials, fellowships and technical assistance for the University's Department of Education; Educational supervision. Technical assistance and fellow¬ ships co strengthen" the school inspectoràte, The project would also finance the construction, furnishing and equipp¬ ing of three regional education centers and related costs of construction supervision; and School construction, furnishing and equipping. Construet~ ion, furnishing, and equipping of about 24 new primary schools in rural areas and the related costs of construct¬ ion supervision. The project would also finance the furnish¬ ing and equipping of (180 class rooms in) about 30 existing primary schools which are now without adequate furniture or equipment, Part III. Skill Training Skill training. The project would finance technical assistance' to strengthen the AITB (Agricultural and In¬ dustrial Training Board). To make the VTC (Monrovia Vocational Training Center) fully operational, the project would finance same minor civil works, technical assistance and consumable teaching materials; and Commercial training. Professional fees, construction, furniture, technical assistance, and fellowships to establish a new 215-place commercial training center in Monrovia. COSTS AMP FINANCING The estimated cost by component, and the financing plan showing the proportional contribution of the World Bank (IDA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the Government of Liberia are summarized in the Staff Appraisal Report of the World Bank (No.4010~LBR, pages 23 and 26). The summaries are reproduced in Tables 1 and 2. Page 41 Table 1. Estimated Cost by Project Component (in millions) Component Local Foreign Total Base Cost 1. Institutional Development Planning and Administration 0.7 2.6 3.3 17 Tests and Measurements 0.1 0.5 0,6 3 2, Primary School Development Textbook Procurement and Distribution 0.1 2.8 2.9 15 Teacher Training 0.2 1.8 2.0 10 Educational Supervision 0.2 0.8 1.0 5 * School Construction and Furnishing 2.5 3.3 5.8 29 3. Skill Training AITB/VTC 0.3 1.3 1.6 8 Commercial Training 0.7 1.8 2.5 13 TOTAL BASE COST 4.8 14.9 19.7 100 Physical Contingencies 0.4 0.7 1.1 6 Price Increase 1.3 3.0 4.3 22 TOTAL PROJECT COST 6.5 18.6 25.1 128 Page 42 ■ 'able 2, Financing Plan (in millions) Component Total Cost IDA ADB Government 1. Institutional Development 4.0 2.8 0.4 0,8 2. Primary School Development 11.6 4.6 6.8 0.2 3. Skill Training Commercial Training 4.1 3.4 - 0.6 ' TOTAL BASE COST 19.7 10.8 7.2 1.6 / Physical Contingencies 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.1 Price Contingencies 4,3 2.3 1.9 0.1 GRAND TOTAL 25,1 13.5 9.8 1.8 Foreign Exchange 18.6 12.1 6.2 0.3 Page 43 PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS lEUHcTIOAL AS;5I3TAHCa SPECIALISTS Of the seven technical assistance positions proposed for different assignments under the Ministry of Education component, three have already assumed duty in Monrovia. Three more specialists have been selected and are to assume duty in Monrovia in April, May, and June, 1983, respectively* A decision on when the Educa¬ tion Supervision Specialist should assume duty, in order to derive the maximum benefit from this specialist's services, has not yet been made, g CONSULTANT SERVICES Of the 16 man-months of consultant service, about three have been committed for the microcomputer specialist and a cost-effective¬ ness study of the Improved Efficiency of Learning (IEL) project sponsored by USAID. The remaining consultant services will be used to provide assistance in tests and measurements to the Libe- nian Branch of the West African Examinations Council, and to provide consultation on the textbook program* FELLOWSHIPS The thirty-eight fellowship positions are within the MOE com¬ ponent. These are designed to upgrade MOE and other related agencies staff. IMMING AMD ADMINISTRATION A specialist in microcomputer applications paid a two-week consulting visit Monrovia to study the Ministry of Education's data processing requirements and recommend a microcomputer system that is both upgradable and capacious enough to meet these needs. Page 44 j .k" a schedule for the procurement and installation of the and made recommendations on training requirements, space, and staffing» He also identified specific.areas of MOE work that will benefit from the availability of a Management Information System. TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS Implementation plans for strengthening the Liberian branch , of the West African Examinations Council will begin in 1983. The IBL technical assistance specialist (Christian 0. Agbenyega), who currently assists WASC under a USAID project, will continue theref in a redefined role in April of 1983» Discussion also was ini¬ tialed with WAEC on the training of a multilith operator under the fellowship program and the procurement of multilith equipment# TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION Contracts have been signed with three pregualified textooo.^ publishers for the purchase of 109,500 low-cost textbooks to be seid to students in the first three primary grades at about over the cost of the books to Government. This is part of a pilot phase to institutionalize a self-supporting program for the pro¬ curement and sale of low-cost affordable editions of textbooks. II I-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING The University of Liberia and Cuttington University College Vi ill be contracted with to provide technical insert to upg-a.ee 2,250 underqualified primary school teachers through in-service training courses. The initial plan for a single two-month course during school vacations has been extended to comprise two such courses plus a semester of supervised practical teaching experience. Page 45 icgotia "'.one are completed with Cuttington University College, we Univers.Loy of Liberia will be asked to adopt a similar course outline and budget. Delays in credit effectiveness for World Bank funds compelled a postponement of the Cuttington University College in-service course to January of 1933. Page 46 ÍM; -mm*}?*. DIPPING, 4m) FURNISHING OF SCHOOLS Architectural drawings for the six new schools and three re¬ gional centers were completed with PPF funds by the Division of Education Facilities of MOE, which will supervise the construction. Tenders were invited from prequalified builders, and contracts have been awarded to the lowest bidders. The contracts are expected to be signed before mid January, 1983 and construction is expected / to begin in February. The project also will furnish the three regional centers and the 24 new schools. In addition, it will furnish and equip aboui^ 30 existing primary schools which now do not have adequate / furniture and equipment. The provision of furniture or equipment will start in 1983 when funds become available under the loan agreements. Meanwhile, bid documents for the procurement of equip¬ ment and furnishings for the 30 existing schools have been sub¬ mitted to the ADB for approval. The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) has also begun to compile lists of goods and services to be purchased for the operation of the project as soon as funds become available. ãMPilY Am RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARY The extensive preparation preceding the start of the Fourth Education Project has ensured that implementation is on schedule for all aspects of the project under the Ministry of Education for which the Deputy Minister for Planning and Development is directly responsible. These accomplishments are briefly summarized as follows: Page 47 1. The technical assistance ' specialists arrived on schedule and ave given due attention to project goals including specific aspects of MOE needs. 2. Necessary plans for the implementation of the pilot phase of the textbook program are in progress, and orders have been placed for the textbooks. 3. Discussions have been held with auditors to finalize account¬ ing procedures for the textbooks and the proceeds of sales. 4. Packing lists have been sent to publishers, and arrangements are underway for warehousing, distribution, and appointment of agents. 5. An appropriate microcomputer configuration to meet MOE needs has been identified and a decision shortly will be made so that an order can be placed, Six 6. trainees started on their fellowship programs in September, 1982. 7. Arrangements for in-service training of teachers are at an > advanced stage, and Cuttington University College was ready to begin its training sessions in January, 1983 but for the delay in credit effectiveness. 8. Contracts have been signed for the construction of 24 new schools and three regional conters, with construction expected to commence by February, 1983. 9. Bid documents for the procurement of furnishings and equipment for 30 existing schools have been forwarded to the AÛB for approval. 3J COMMENDATIONS To maintain the satisfactory progress that has so far characterized the project, and also to meet assurances given by Government during negotiations for the loan, immediate attention should be given to the following recommendations: 1. Intensify efforts to satisfy the conditions of effective¬ ness for the loans. Further delay may adversely affect the textbook program, in particular, and other project activi¬ ties which await the availability of funds. 2. Meet the assurance given to the World Bank that Government will establish by January 1, 1983 a special interest-bearing account for the textbook fund in a bank acceptable to the World Bank along with a review of the mechanism for operating the fund. Page 48 rrnish to the World Bank by January 30, 1983 a proposed fee: £■ ' i vv'ure for the Commercial, Business and Domestic Training itjif; -r as well as a proposal for handling and accounting for the fees. 4. Identify distribution points and appoint agents by 31» 1933 for the textbook January program. Conclude warehousing and trans- potation arrangements in the next 3-4 weeks. 5. Have the Textbook Officer, assisted the Textbook set by Specialist, up a proposed distribution schedule for review 31.. by January 6. Forward to the World Bank the auditor's accounting for the procedures textbook program. h 7. Issue the first press release on the textbook program in order to inform the general public and book dealers of Government's plans. 8. Have the f independent auditors begin work on helping the PIU to establish accounts for the projects and improve the PIU's accounting procedures. ? 9. Decide not later than mid-February the computer system to be procured. Since the recommended system is more expensive than was allowed in the project budget, discussion with the World Bard: on this matter should begin immediately. 10, Begin arrangements for the selection of 1983 trainees under the fellowship program. 11. Have the textbook office equipped and furnished for use, as it is ineffective for the staff not to have suitable office space. Page 49 FOR UNESCO (LNATCOM) Opera ting within the framework of the Secretariat for Nation— al and International Cooperation, this unit continues to serve as an integral link between UNESCO and. the Government of Liberia. Its first and. foremost function is to promote understanding of the oojectives, aims and purposes of UNESCO among the people of Libe¬ ria. To this end, its activities for the last twelve months have therefore centered, to a large extent, on the following activities: 1. preparation for the Fourth extraordinary- Session of the General Conference, 2. dissemination of information, j, 3. serve as a clearing house for UNESCO publications, 4. f preparation of programmes for UNESCO visiting officials/experts and consultants to Liberia, 5. organization of programmes/activities to popularize UNESCO and itself, 6. Implementation of such projects of UNESCO/ LNATCOM as were directed to this end, and 7. preparation and follow-up of Liberia's response to UNESCO's Second Medium Term Plan for 1984 - 1989. Participation Programme: In Commission's relentless efforts to continuously provide the appropriate framework for social and economic development for Liberia, it submitted a number of parti¬ cipation requests to UNESCO for funding. We are pleased to report that seven (7) of these requests in the amount of US $40,000.00 were approved. These approved are: APPROVED PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME 1983 5ÍiroF ORGANIZATION BRIEF DISrCRIPTION OF REQUEST STATUlT" University of Liberia $6,000,00 financial participa- On-going (Science Department) tion for the realization of a TV Programme "Ripples of Science" with a view to popula¬ rize Science in Liberia. Page 50 2. Division of Student $10,000.00 for training of Completed Personnel Services, class room personnels to act Ministry of Education as guidance counsellors in Liberian Schools, 3, Federation of Liberian $10,000,00 contribution for On-going Youth (FLY) Literacy Com. Rural Community Development Project in Bong County. 4, Cuttington University $4,000,00 to assist in con¬ Completed College, Bong County ducting a 20-week workshop to evaluate the first draft of a textbook for Liberian students on "Introduction to Modern Chemistry". 5. IEL, Bong County $10,000.00 fellowship for the On-going training of one student in Instructional System Technology. Although the Commission is not a funding agency, the rare occa¬ sion of assisting with small funds is a means of carrying out its responsibilities to UNESCO, and the people of Liberia, To this end, the Liberian National Commission was instrumental in bringing to the Liberian people, the premiere production of the first shot- on-location Liberian movie, Dowry or Love, Visitations : Many outstanding UNESCO experts/officials and consultants visited Liberia during the period under review. The following table shows, for each visit, the date, the name of the person and the purpose of the mission to Liberia. £4BLE II VISITATION 1982 NAME DATE PURPOSE 1. Mr. Arthur Gillette November 8-18 Advisory Mission on Inter¬ Programme Specialist national Youth Year (IYY) UNESCO and National Youth Programmes, 2. Dr. Michael Roper August 11-25 2-week Consultant Mission in Director, Public Archieves Development and Record Office KEW Planning England (UNESCO Consultant) Page 51 ï ' *í '* f~» »~\n •"•va . argari July 5-10 Familiarize with jioplogical P: •"•'pecialist field activities, consult with specialist and National authorities on participation and cooperation under UNESCO's MAB Program. 4. Dr. G. Collison June 50 Study tour of vocational Dean of Education institutions in Liberia to Cape Coast, Ghana enable him to design a one- (UNESCO C onsultant ) year course in Vocational and Technical Education at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. 5. Garmi Kidane May 13r27 2-week Consultant Mission in (UNESCO Consultant) Moseology with a view to assist the National Bureau of Culture and Tourism in the formulation of a blue print for the development »• and management of a new museum center. a 6, M. Mwaniki May 23 Career Guidance Program and EGA Workshop arrangements, 7. Norman Cattanach November 26- 2-week Consultant Mission Thompson Foundationj with a view to assist the London (UNESCO Con¬ Ministry of Information in sultant; preparing a document for the establishment of a School of Journalism at the Univer¬ sity of Liberia. y^L'SCO Questionnaire; LNATCOM, during this period, provided in¬ formation and statistical data to UNESCO for its clearing house functions, surveys and publications. The information was either compiled directly by LNATCOM or gathered from concerned agencies, it is, however, regretful to note that some of the questionnaires were simply ignored by the authorities concerned, despite our re¬ peated reminders and appeals. Coiiferences : Liberia participated in many international con¬ ferences which were held under the auspecies of UNESCO. Outstand¬ ing of these were the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the General Conference of UNESCO, This conferase, held in Paris from 23 --- November to 3 December 1982, met to approve the Second Medium-Term Plan which will define the conceptual framework, the goals and cction strategies of the Organization for the period 1984 - 1989. Page 52 The Siberian delegation to the Conference was headed by Dr» George E. Sa.igbe Boley, Minister of Education and included Mr. E, Othello Gongar, Deputy Minister of Education for Planning and Development, professor Mary T, Bryant of thfe University of Liberia and Mr. E, Delano Cooper, Executive Secretary LNATCOM. The 22nd Session of the XBE Executive Council was another im¬ portant Educational Conference in which Liberia participated. Held in Geneva, 1-6 March 1982, it brought together representatives of the Member States of UNESCO, Liberia was represented by Hon, T. Kudar Jarry, Deputy Minister of Education for Instruction. The Council's agenda carried, inter-alia, the following items! a. Activities report of the Director of the IBE during the period 1 January - 31 December 1981 (doc. UNESCO/LBE/c.xxll/23. * b. Result of the 38th Session of the ISC (oral report of the IBE Director)» c..Evaluation of the activities/programmes of the IBE (doc. UNSSCO/LBS/c.xxll/23. Liberia's term on the Executive Council of the IBE will expire at the end of the 22nd Session of the General Conference of UNESCO which is scheduled to be held in 1983, at UNESCO House, Paris. It is regretable to note that within the last twelve months, Liberia's participation in the meetings of the Executive Council has not been too frequent. This was due to the rather tight ■financial situation the country finds itself in. Of equal importance was the Second Bienna Meeting of the Secretaries General of the African National Commissions for UNESCO, which was held in Conakry, Guinea from 15 - 25 February 1982, For the purpose of programme implementation, UNESCO has five regions: (1) Arab States, (2) Africa South of the Sahara, (3) Asia, (4) Europe, and (5) Latin America and the Caribbean. During this meeting, Secretaries-General had the opportunity to compare notes and discusse problems of mutual Interest. This meeting also discussed substantially UNESCO's Second Medium-Term Plan for 1974 i:° 1989. Programme and Budget designed to implement the plan- Page 53 and the new series of activities/programmes to be carried out by the -frican national Commissions, The Executive Secretary, Mr, .3, Delano Cooper represented Commission at this meeting. Other UNESCO conferences, seminars and/or workshop to which representatives of governmental and non-governmental agencies were privileged to attend through the good offices of the Liberian National Commission for UNESCO were: TABLE III CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND/OR WORKSHOPS NAME CONFERENCE DATE/PLACE 1, George Fully Regional Training Seminar 15-27 Mareia Deputy Managing on Impact of Human Acti¬ Ibadan Director, FDA vities on the Rainforest Nigeria Ecosystem. Dr. George Botchie professor, University of Liberia 2. Nathaleen I. Peal Information Meeting of Coordinator Members of the National National Secretariat Commission for UNESCO. 3, Nellie Gray Sub-regional Workshop for 5-25 April Supervisor, Adult the Training of Middle Makeni, Sierra Education, Ministry Level Personnel in Adult Leone of Education Literacy Paye Nuhann -i -5 Director, Adult Education, Ministry of Education Augustus G. Hare Study Tour 17 May-15 June Director of Statis¬ Tanzania tics, Ministry of Education 5 » Henrique Togba 5th Conference of 28 June- 3 July Director of Planning Minister of Education of Harare (ZIMBABWE) Ministry of Education African Member States and those person responsible for Economic Planning. Page 54 6. George Fully Tripartite Consultation Conakry Deputy Managing Meeting on the protection Guinea Director, FDA of Mount Nimba 7. T. Kudar Jarry First Specialized Train¬ 25 July -24 Deputy Minister of ing Course in Literacy August Education for and Adult Education, Egypt Instruction 8. Maria Rosalita Roberts World Congress on Books 7-11 June Assistant Minister for London Curriculum Development and Student Personnel Services 9. Barma Göll Training Course in 17 May- 15 June Lands, Mines and Energy Hydrology Technology Zambia John Clements for English Speaking Lands, Mines, and African Countries, Energy 10. Paye Nahann Regional Orientation 16-27 Augusft Director, Adult Seminar on post Nairobi Kenya Education, Ministry Literacy and Continuing /• of Education Education. 11. David Manjey ICAE Conference and 25-31 October Assistant Director General Assembly Paris Adult Education France Ministry of Education 12. Paye Nahunn, Director First Regional 1 November -25 Adult Education Literacy Course December Egypt Wadeh Jamy, Teacher Y> Dorothy Marpue Kahn Supervisor, Adult Education . # I Liberia participated in these conferences, seminars and workshops either because of her membership in UNESCO or because of a particular interest in some problems and specific concern to her national being. h: CLUB. UNESCO During the period under review, the UNESCO Club successfully undertook three major projects. The first of the projects, a 3-day exhibition of UNESCO publications, was held on 29 March 1982 in observance of Human Rights Day. Books, magazines, periodicals and posters on human rights were exhibited during this three day Page 55 111 event. Following this program, a Clean-Up Campaign, in observance of the World Health Day was held simultaneously in Slipway and . - Clara Town on April 17, 1982. The Clean-Up Campaign brought to¬ gether Club Members, the Staff of the-National Commission as well as the residents of Clara Town and Slipway for a full dajr of vigorous cleaning up and spraying of insecticide. The Ministry of Health sent a man who supervised the spraying for mosquitoes. A one day Workshop on Oral History Research was also held on October 16, 1982 in the Library of the Ministry of Information which featured prominent personalities in the area of sociology and culture. As a result of the workshop, the club is expected to conduct an oral tradition study of Monrovia under the leadership of Mr. Bai T. Mooifee Deputy Minister of Information for Planning and Research. During the workshop the club members were introduced to research techniques—"how to do research" and "how to write report". SECRETARIAL , | In the course of the year, Ms. Nathaleen I. Peal left us to do a one year advanced study course at the American University. According to reports reaching us, Ms. Peal is doing fine in her studies. gjuglll Finally, when we take a retrospective look at the accomplishmen of the Secretariat, we can truly say that its personnel : achieved about as much as can be reasonably expected of a staff of six (6) persons. We also realize that whatever we have achieved would not have been possible without the active support of the Ministry of Education. Our very special thanks go to the Director-General of UNESCO and the Staff of UNESCO Secretariat in Paris with whom we maintain almost a day-to-day contact in spite of the distance between us. Page 56 Government, in its effort to enhance development and meet its manpower needs, is committed to improving the well-being of the Liberian people as a whole. During this period of review, it has focused attention on the promotion of "Liberianization" while re¬ ducing the current over-dependence on expatriate manpower in the country. do help realize these objectives, the European Economic Coijmission (EEC) approved a grant under the 5th European Develop¬ ment Fund project (EDF) the sum of European Currency Unit(ECU) for 1,100,000 Liberia in connection with our Multi-Annual Training Programme. Of this amount, ECU 800, ' has been ear-marked for training programme of highest priority. SCHOLARSHIPS ; Prior to 1981, this phase of the EEC assistance catered only to foreign training. Todate, we are pleased to report that a high priority has been placed on local manpower training with emphasis on the following areas in order of priority: 1. Agriculture (including non-academic programmes) 2* Education 3. Medicine (including nursing) Technical skills (including engineering, civil aviation, professional skills and non-academic programmes). 3. Administration (including business/public and non- academic programmes). i££AL SCHOLARSHIP; At the on set of the 1982 academic year, a total of 24 scholar- ships were awarded to young deserving Liberians, These awards Were distributed to local institutions of learning as follows: Page 57 INSTITUTIONS NUMBER OF AWARDS Cuttington University College 6 University of Liberia 14 W, V, S. Tubman Technical College 4 TOTAL AWARDS, 1982 W In the first year of the EEC local scholarship programme (1981), a total of 20 scholarships (10 to Cuttington University College and 10 to University of Liberia) were awarded. FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP ' Because of the very large number of requests received from ' various governmental and non-governmental agencies yearly, compared with the limited amount of funds made available for foreign train¬ ing, the EEC Scholarship Committee decided in mid February of this reporting period, that the most rational approach to meeting the needs of requests submitted would be to apportion the funds pro- portiônately on a percentage basis, according to the requests sub¬ mitted by each agency. As a result of this decision and based on the list of training needs received for the various agencies, the Committee prepared a National Training Programme for the use of funds under Lome II (see table - 1, attached). During this review period, we regret to report that no foreign scholarship was awarded. This was due to the fact that funds which were to be made available under Lome II had not yet been approved. Because of this set back, all requests submitted during this period will be given consideration when the funds are made availa¬ ble. I 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. ITEM j» jTotal and Civil cludes TABLE Nursing) Medicine - -.change *ir_iroT>ean Programmes) (includes fessional Technical Education Programmes) Agriculture PRIORITY 1 Rate Non-academic Non-academic AREAS = Administration skills Aviation, skills 1 Non-academic Currency progs.) and Pro¬ Engineering, (includes ECU Unit Bus/Public (in¬ (includes to 400 80 72 68 30 100 $1.00 LIBERIA MAN 48 10 9 8 9 12 ACP (Vários) YEARS 2 9 2 2 1 2 EUROPE TRAINING 50$ [00,000 80,000 72.000 68,000 80,000 100,000 LIBERIA TOTAL PROGRAMME COST FOR ACP 50$ 240,000 48,000 43,000 41,000 48,000 60,000 PER LOME COUNTY II 10$ 80,000 16,000 14,000 14,000 16,000 20,000 EUROPE * 10$ 80,000 16,000 15,000 15,000 16,000 20,000 SEMINARS ECU* TOTAL 800,000 160,000 144,000 156,000 160,000 200,000 PAGE 58 10 1—1 c— $ 0$ 20$ 18$ "ER 20$ 25$ Page 59 t.fk'tncOL KWINö .<►. %**.« , UNIT »».«H I m^4 ». ■» -,» lW>, tfohool Mapping (location) program is .a set of administrative policies and procedures that are used to plan the distribution, size and spacing of school facilities to meet population needs. For the year 1982, the School Mapping Unit has been engaged in activities pertaining to school location planning, including completing location planning aspects of the 24 schools in the Fourth Education Project to be financed by the African Development Bank and accomplishing adhoc assignments. Between the months of January and March, the officials of ■ the Unit participated in a series of meetings coordinated by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs (MPilA.), The aim of the meeting was to help set up workable strate¬ gies to coordinate and institutionalize all national, socio-ooonorolo development activities undertaken through self-help. Besides the county educational profiles and the draft on the self-help projects, the Unit wrote out the educational and socio¬ economic background papers on some 50 towns earmarked for the construction schools to be financed by the African Development Bank, Members of the Unit were also involved in the site selection exercises for ADB financed schools. The exercise dealt with determining where best to locate tho schools to ensure greater access to the faciliter. Page 60 Major adhoc assignments accomplished by the Unit were: a. Jriting out a proposal for assistance in improving science education in rural Liberian Secondary Schools. They were meant for donor countries like Switzerland, Prance, Canada and U.S.A. b. Reviewed some of the educational problems, map samples from the Liberia Atlas Project Office. c. Between August and September the officials of the Unit" participated in an inter-ministerial technical commit¬ tee meetings for United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), The purpose was to prepare a project proposal on health and major environmental problems facing the country for UNEP. funding. Presently, .'.the-Ministry of Education is charged with the responsibility of organi¬ zing environmental and health edxication programs in Liberian schools., SECONDARY EDUCATION PLANNER Major activities in which the Unit was involved included site selection as mentioned above and assessment of a school to determine its eligibility for subsidy. The remaining periods were loaded with urgent adhoc assign ments and projects âuch as; 1. The compilation and analysis of relevant statistical data of rural teacher institutions and teacher_colleges of the University of Liberia and Cuttington University College as they relate to the Fourth World Bank Educa¬ tion Project. 2. The preparation of a proposed project on secondary school library workshops in the three educational regions of the country. 3. Represented the Division in discussions held at the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs on National Guidelines for self-help projects in which Government's input is needed. •\ ' V Page 61 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PLANNER Proposal for Science Equipment The Elementary Educational Planning Unit participated in the preparation of a project proposal for assistance for providing science equipment for some selected rural Liberian Secondary Schools. The proposals have been distributed to donor governments in U.S.A., Canada and Switzerland. Foreign Scholarship Assessment „ The Unit was also included in the reviewing of the them T" existing status of the Government of Liberia (MOE) foreign scholar¬ ships . The exercise was an attempt to determine: 1. The number of recipients of the Government of Liberia Foreign Scholarships that were actually in school 2. The number that were not attending school but were still receiving the scholarship money, and 3. The number that had completed their course of study ^ but still existed on the list. The purpose was to delete the names of number 2 and 3 which created savings for government. SUBSIDY AMD GRANTS For the Fiscal Year 1981/82, the cash subsidy allocated to all mission and private schools was $2.5 million. During the ôõuhse of the year 1982, the cash subsidy for all subsidized schools were reduced by 13% due to financial difficulties government now faces. & Page 62 In 1982, this Unit had the task of reviewing the whole subsidy program. With the assistance of the Project Analyst, the Coordi¬ nator was able to formulate a new tangible eligibility criteria for subsidy recipients. Major changes that were made included the requirement that for an elementary school to be eligible for subsidy, it must have enrollment of at least 500 students in the urban area and 250 in the rural area. For secondary schools, the enrollment must be 400 in the urban area and 200 in the rural area* Additional rules concluded were: 1. Schools receiving more than 51% of their recurrent expenditures from Government1 s subsidy must consult the Minister of Education before taking decision that entails increase or decrease in their recurrent expenditures. 2. No school shall receive both Government subsidy as well as Government paid teachers. u 3. No private school shall be granted G vernment subsidy for construction purposes. - 4. Where the Ministry of Education decides to assign a school teacher(s^ in lieu of cash grant no more than three government-paid teachers shall be assigned such school. the division of research and publication The Division undertook three major research projects for the period under review, A synopsis of these projects is as follows: 1. "An analysis of the National Examination Results 1979-1980". From the available records at the WAEC the kind of candidates that sat for the National Examination in 1979 and 1980 were cate¬ gorized to determine their performances. A synopsis of the analysis is as follows: Page 63 A, Even "though sex discrimination does not exist in Liber,ian education, the number of candidates presented for the National Examination by sex was grossly lopsided in favour of male candidates. In 1979 while nearly 72% of the can¬ didates that sat for National Examination were male, only 20% were female. And again in 1980 while male candidates constituted nearly 71%, female candidates constituted only 29% of the total number of candidates * a slight I/o increase in favour of female candidates. A.l At the individual levels, - junior and senior high similar lopsidedness of candidates presented for the National Examination was the characteristic« A.2 Like candidates presented by sex, the number of can¬ didates presented for the National Examination by school management was lopsided in favour of candidates from public schools. In 1979, 54% of the candidates were from public schools and nearly 32% from mission schools. For the same year only 13% were from others (miscellaneous) schools. Nearly 1% was from schools whose management could not be determined. In 1980, nearly 52% of the candidates was from public schools; 31% from mission schools; and 15% from others (miscellaneous) schools. Nearly 2% was from schools whose management was unknown. Similar lopsidedness of candidates presented for the' National Examination also characteristic at the indi¬ vidual levels. A, Like candidates presented by sex and school management, the number of candidates presented by county was also lopsided. In 1979 metropolitan Monrovia alone presented a little more than 38% of the total number of candidates that sat for the National Examination that vear. And the r*est of Montserrado (excluding Monrovia; presented a little more than 15%. In reality that Montserrado County alone presented over 53% of the total number of candidates. Nimba presented just over 11% of all can¬ didates. The remaining 7 counties presented only 35% of all candidates. Feige 64 B» o was paliar lopsidedness also characteristic of can¬ didates presented for the National Examination at the individual levels, Lass failure was characteristic of candidates that regular¬ ly sat for the National Examination as the two years review (1979-1930) shows. Of the nearly 12,700 number of candidates that sat for National Examination in 1979 and 1980, nearly 26% and 40% of these candidates failed respectivelyj conversely nearly 74% and 61% were successful in 1979 and 1930, In other words, nearly 1 in every 4 candidates that sat for the National Examination in 1979 and in 1930, nearly 4 in every 10, On the other hand, 3 in every 4 candidates passed in 1979 and in 1930, 6 in every 10 did likewise. This overall performance indicates the need for serious concern, Male and female candidates performed unqually on the National Examination in 1979-1930. Male candidates consistently and signi¬ ficantly performed better than their female counterparts. And this was also true at the individual levels. Candidates presented by the various school management public, mission and other (miscellaneous) performed unqually on the National Examination. In 1979, candidates from mission schools performed significantly better than candidates from public and others (miscellaneous) schools. Candidates from others (Miscellaneous) schools performed significantly the least among all the candidates from the various school managements. In 1980 scenario was slightly different. Candidates from mission schools performed better though not significantly better than candidates from public schools. However, candidates from others (miscellaneous) schools performed significantly and consistently the least. Page 65 Candidates from some major political divisions ai'O more likely to succeed when they sit the National Examination. The performance records for 1979-1980 show that 9 out of every 10 candidatos from Gedeh succeeded when they sat for the National Examination and nearly 8 out of every 10 from Maryland. Nearly 7 out of every 10 candidates were successful from Cape Mount, Lofa, Bong and Nimba. From Bassa and Montserrado (excluding Monrovia) nearly 1? out of every 20 candidates were successful. Finally only 6 /• out of every 10 candidates from Monrovia and Sinoe wox-o suooecphd . Candidates from the latter two aroae consistently performed the least. The overall performance results on the National Examination depend to a large extent on the performance of candidates from Montserrado but especially from Monrovia. Candidates from Montserrado alone consistently accounted for over 33/° and Monrovia alone for nearly 3Q% of the total number of candidates that sat for the National Examination. They were at the bottom of the performance ladder. Attempts were made to discover plausible explanations from existing data for the performance differentials by sex, school management, and county. These were scanty, unreliable, and, worst of all, non-existent. Mass failure, is characteristic of candidates that sat for the National Examination in 1979 and 1980. This suggests the need for closer and effective supervision of the educational system to determine exactly what goes on in our schools. This entails removal of all impediments to effective supervision - the Page 66 pro /isioil of adequate logistical support .for the supervisory arm of the Ministry and the provision of trained supoi-visory person¬ nel. "Follow-un Study of 1977 RTTI Graduates". The objectives of this study among others, were as follows: 1, to ascertain whether 1977 graduates pursue the kind of work provided by the curriculum of the RTTIs, 2, to find out how the above graduates were adjusting to actual work experiences and how they feel after teaching for nearly 4 years, and 3, to determine the career goals of these graduates. Fifty-two 1977 graduates who have been teaching for 4 years were chosen to comprise the sample group. These graduates, now teachers, were scattered throughout the country. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS EVALUATION PROJECT Under the 2nd IDA Education Loan to Liberia, funds were provided for the construction of a number of additional community schools and the evaluation of these schools. An evaluation was carried out and a synopsis of the findings so far are as follows: First, the ideal community school is a regular elementa¬ ry school which also provides instruction in agriculture, manual arts, home economics, and adult education. These work-oriented subjects are an integral and indispensa¬ ble components of the community schools program. Twenty-five community schools were chosen to comprise the sample. Only 9 (36.0%) carried the ideal grades; from pre-primary to grade 6. While only 4 schools (16.0%) had less than the ideal grades (p-5)» 12 schools (48.0%) had more than the ideal grades (p-12) the community school was conceptualized to carry. . The majority of the community schools, 20 in all, about 80% were originally constructed as community " schools; 5 schools, 20%, were converted into commu¬ nity schools. Six schools each (24.0%) had home- economic and manual arts rooms. The rest of the schools used improvised rooms. Page 67 Only 7 schools (28%) had seats for all students. Only 11 schools (44.0%) have an agriculture program although 13 schools have land for such a program. * « In most cases the community school was the only school in the town. Fourteen schools (56.0%) operate an adult literacy program,. Nine of these were held in the schools and 5 in the town hall. The lack of electricity and an adult education teacher were given as reasons that prevented the implementation of the adult literacy program. , Majority Of the schools does not operate home—econo¬ mics program. Only 6 schools (24.0%) operated such a program. In short, the integral work-oriented the components of community schools programs have not been provided in most cases and where they were, they were only minimally and incompletely provided. Until all thé integral components of the program can be provided, its impact will be hardly realised, RECOMMENDATION For the anticipated impact of the ocmmimity schools program to be realized, the necessary components must be provided. This has not being the case. Therefore, it is recommended that funds be appropriated to implement the indispensable components of the community school program. THE MINISTRY'S NEWSLETTER AND JOURNAL The Division continued: to publish the Ministry's Newsletter and Journal - the'Education Diary'and the'Liberian Education ReviewMrespectively. ''The Diary* appeared twice this year. It informs the public of educational • developments and is circula¬ ted at home and abroad free of charge. l'The Liberian Education Reviev/ which publishes related articles appeared only once. The Siberian Education Review'1 is sold for $2.50 a copy. THE Page 68 DOCUMENTATION CENTER - The Division continue^ to operate a small Docvtm&n-fca-tlon Ceut&x* that houses a number of books relating to the Liberian Education, The number of users has increased for the period under review, DIVISION OF STATISTICS Collection of Data In addition to collecting and analyzing of statistical data, the Division was involved in the classification of data from the 1981 National Education Survey, This exercise was considered necessary to ensure the availability of statistics to be used to ensure genuine planning in the implementation of the Fourth Education Project. The School Directory This is a yearly production. Its primary purpose is document all schools in the country, thereby making available essential_ information for the distribution of instructional materials, furni¬ ture, supplies and other materials to the schools. The Directory contains the name of schools, grade carried, management, session operated and location of each school. Arc lysis of Enrollment Trend (1970-1980) Further to the above, the Division made significant efforts in compiling school enrollment by county and by year access bhe enrollment growth rate over ten year-period. The compilation was derived from the yearly ■ - reports of statistics of educa tion. The results of the analysis were as follows1: a. The average growth rate of the National Enrollment over the ten year-period was 8?o. Page 69 That Nimba County as compared to other county includ¬ ing Monrovia has the highest average growth rate of 9*5%» That Grand Bassa, Grand Gedeh and Lofa Counties are growing at 8% rates respectively. That Bong, Cape Mount, and Montserrado Counties (excluding Monrovia) are growing at the raté of 6% each. That Sinoe and Maryland Counties have the lowest growth rates which is k% respectively. Page 70 TEXTBOOK UNIT The Textbook Unit was established within the Ministry of Edu¬ cation in 1982 through the Fourth Education Loan financed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Objectives The Unit main objective is to provide essential texts in an economical format through an effective distribution system. To. make this system more efficient, a two phase .iE The first being the pilot test and the second being the four year program. The Pilot Test and its full scale follow-on will provide the government with a regular monitored systematic distribution and re¬ porting network radiating from the capital to all the nation*s schools, \ PILOT PROGRAM PRICE QUOTATIONS FOR VARYING RATIOS OF TEACHER'' TO STUDENT'S BOOKS Science (Harcourt Brace): 20 to 1 $93,115.00 English (Evans) 20 to 1 $35,646.00 Mathematics (Addison & Wesley): 20 to 1 $47,000.00 grand total $351,522.00 * Quotations include Student- and Teacher's books Page 71 DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES. COUNTY-WIDE The.se percentages are based on school enrollments. Monroviá 20,805 (23%) Montserrado 13,140 (13%) Cape Mount 3,285 ( 3%) Grand Bassa 9,855 ( 8%) Lofa 12,045 ( 9%) Nimba 19,710 (17%) Bong 8,760 ( 7%) Grand Gedeh 6,570 ( 6%) Maryland 8,710 ( 7%) Sinoe 6,570 ( 6%) Page 72 Administration To plan and execute the pilot test'and lay ground work for the establishment of the Textbook Unit, the Ministry was asked by the World Bank to establish a Textbook Office separate from any existing Ministry1s office. This Unit will be directly under the supervision of the Assistant Minister of Education for Planning and Research or his designee. . Staff 1. Consultant 2. Textbook Officer 3. Assistant Textbook Officer 4. Textbook Statistician 5. Accountant 6. Book-keeper 7. Field Inspectors 8. Secretary 9. Messenger 10. Driver 11. Cadet At present, only the Consultant, the Textbook Officer and the Accountant are employed. The rest of the staff will be employed effective February 1, 1983 • Page 73 DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES During the period under review 1 January 1982 to 31 December 1982, the Division of Educational Facilities (DEF) continued to ; implement and/ or complete various projects assigned to it the Minister by of Education, the Deputy Minister for Planning and Development and the Director of the project Implementation Unit, Most of the various projects currently tinder program and or implementation by the DEF mesh with the overall fabric of the National Education Development Plan which relates directly to the four year National Development Plan. The Division of Educational Facilities has been implementing a very ambitious program of providing new and or expanding exis¬ ting educational facilities throughout the country. Our present^ projects are financed by loans, credit or grants from the follow¬ ing sources: 1. World Bank Loans (projects #2, & #3) , 2. African Development Bank Loan (ADB) #2 3. International Development Association (IDA) 4. The European Economic Commission (EEC) 3. Programming for the 4th World Bank Education project Loan The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Education (MOE) continues to contribute and augment the efforts of donor agencies, in meeting the requirements for educational facilities at a national level. Page 74 STATUS OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PROJECTS World. Bank Loan Funds have been and are continuously being useáfor the following projects: ♦ Vocational Training Center and Industrial Training Bureau Location: Paynesville, Montserrado County; this center will provide training in the areas of: a) Mechanical b) Automotive c) Electrical Construction started January 1979 with WANTA Con¬ struction Company as Contractor. Unfortunately construction was painfully slow. Although the con¬ tractor was post Qualified by aneight-man committee as possessing the required capability for successful ly completing a project of this size, the contractor failed to demonstrate the Management skills required " . to successfully complete his contractual obligations Plans were concluded to have WANTA ConstructionCom- sub-contract a major portion of the work to Con¬ tractors FABRA and YECCO in an attempt to minimize further delays. Prior to the sub-contract more than 60% of the construction time had lapsed and only 40% of the work was complete. Now we can say that 95% of the construction work is complete. Page 75 The African Development Bank (ADB) projects have been com¬ pleted in the three southeastern counties of Liberia namely; Grand Gedch, Sinoe and Maryland. Emphasis was placed on new and the expansion of existing primary and junior high h schools. New Expansion Total Construction ~— ————— — Status Grand Gedeh 235 100% Co. Sinoe Co. 1 4 5 100% Maryland Co. 3 2 5 100% The European Economic Commission (EEC) STC - Harper, Mary¬ land County. This project consisted of providing general sciences, biology, physics, chemistry, home economics laboratories, multi-purpose room, workshops, service build¬ ing and cafeteria. This facility will serve other high schools in the county. Students from other high schools will commute to the Science Technology Center in each county. Construction is now 100% complete, light and water connections are yet to be made. Page 76 Thejjovernment of Liberia is simultaneously sponsoring the following projects: 1. Since High School-location: Greenville, Sinoe Courit vvprèsently under construction and is 99% corn- piste and was opened excluding the auditorium in February 1981. 2. Harbel High School - location: Harbel, Montserrado County - construction is still 95% complete. 3. Sanniquellie High School - location: Sanniquellie, Nimba County - construction is still 65% complete. TsW Cc> Se wfcr C_o ixvtl \~~ 4. Tahn Elementary School - Tahn, Cape Mount County - construction is now complete. 5. C. H. Dewey Science Lab. - location: Bomi Terri¬ tory - construction is now complete, 6. Community Schools are to be built at the rate of 10 schools per annum throughout the country. The first ten are now under construction as follows: Construction Status Cape Mount Co. 2 towns 100% complete " Montserrado Co.4 100% " Bassa " Co. 3 92% " Others are for the programmed other counties for the remain- ing years of the National Development Plan, Page 77 PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY 4 DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PROJECT UNION FORESTRY TRAINING CENTER LOCATION BOMI HILLS CONTRACTOR K & H CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONTRACT SIGNED MAY 24. 1979 V DATE OF POSSESSION OF SITE NEW SITE AUGUST 1979 DATE OF COMPLETION (a) Contractual FEBRUARY 1981 (b) Actual MAY 1?81 CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $1.200.488.00 EXTRA WORK $ 115.000.00 ESCALATION $ 78.031.72 RELOCATION COST $ 702.047.00 VALUE OF INTERM CERTIFICATE TO DATE $1.495.566.70 (Less retention) . STATUS OF WORK PERCENTAGE COMPLETED TO DATE lOOSá ESTIMATED FINAL COST $1,495,566.70 I . Pai#» 7Ä. y .PROJECT STATUS SUMMARy ! DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES „ , "1, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION " PROJECT LOCATION SANNIQUELL33 CONTRACTOR FABRA/HDCC CONTRACT SIGNED AUGUST 27. 1979 DATE OF POSSESSION OF SITE {-NEW SITE} SEPTEMBER 1979 DATE OF COMPLETION (a) Contractual October 1980 (b) Actuel — CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $473.042.00 EXTRA WORK $ 74.000.00 ESCALATION & 30.747.73 RELOCATION COST $ 57.020.00 - _ VALUE OF INTERM CERTIFICATE TO $525,005.93 DATE STATUS OF WORK: PERCENTAGE COMPLETED '.CO DATE 8^ LACK OF FUNDS 81/82 ESTIMATED FINAL COST .791«71 Page 79 PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY DIVWOH OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MINISTER CF EDUCATION EE, PROJECT- S.T.C. GREENVILLE LOCATION GREENVILLE. SINOE CONTRACTOR J.E.C.C.O. CONTRACT SIGNED OCTOBER 1978 DATE OF POSSESSION OF SITE MARCH 1979 DATE OF COMPLETION (a) Contractual APRIL 1?80 (b) Actual NOVEMBER 1980 CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $447.431.30 EXTRA WORK $ 20.840.00 ESCALATION $ 29.083.04 ! i RELOCATION COST NIL VALUE OF INTERM CERTIFICATE ï TO DATE $497.354.33 STATUS OF WORKi PERCENTAGE COMPLETED TO DATE 100% ESTIMATED FINAL COST $$01 f 467100 j til Page 80 PRO.TECT STATUS SUMMARY division of educational facilities ministry of education project S.T.C. BUCHANAN Location BUCHANAN contractor J .E.C.C.O. contract signed february 1979 date of possession of site april 1979 date of completion - " (b) Actual SEPTEMBER 1981 CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL $380.290.00 EXTRA WORK $ 14.100.00 ESCALATION $ 24.718.85 / RELOCATION COST NIL VALUE OF INTERM CERTIFICATE TO DATS $419.108.88 / STATUS OF WORK: PERCENTAGE COMPLETED TO DATE 10094) ESTIMATED FINAL COST $419 f 885156 Page 81 DIVISION OP EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ministry OF EDUCATION Project /aitb contractor fabra. inc. pate of possession of site december 1979 (a) Contractual june 1980 // .(b) Actual august 1981 contract sum ("original) 3)5405,509.65 extra work 1 17,570,07 escalation (615%) ft 26,545.15 relocation cost ntl value of interm certificate to date ,f404,1?7.56 status of work: percentage completee to dats 100% / estimated final cost !|449.024.85 Page 82 PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PROJECT V. T . C . / LOCATION FREEWAY -PAYNESVILLE CONTRACTOR YOUNIS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONTRACT SIGNED NOVEMBER 1979 DATE OF COMPLETION la.) Contractual JUNE 1980 (b) Actual DECEMBER 1981 CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $562.198.00 EXTRA WORK $ 28.400.00 ESCALATION (6.5%) $ 36.542.87 RELOCATION COST NIL VALUE OF INTERM CERTIFICATE TO DATE $564.425.79 STATUS OF WORK: PERCENTAGE COM PLETED TO DATE 90% ESTIMATED FINAL COST $627.140.87 Page 83 i If PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY , I I DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PROJECT C.H. DEW SCIENCE LAßT LOCATION BOMI TERRITORY .... CONTRACTOR ECOCON INC. CONTRACT SIGNED MAY 1970 DATE OF POSSESSION OF SITE MAY 1979 DATE OF COMPLETION I I 1 t (a) Contractual JUNE 1980 ... (b) Actual FEBRUARY 1982 CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $117.640.28 EXTRA WORK $ 32.236.33 ESCALATION NIL I if RELOCATION COST NIL ill ViALUE OP INTERM CERTIFICATE H . ; TO DATE $134.888.95 STATUS OF WORK: PERCENTAGE COM PLETED TO DATE ~ 100% ESTIMATED FINAL COST 11491876161 I ■ ! i i i Page 84 PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PROJECT TAHN COMMUNITY SCHOOL LOCATION TAHN, GRAND CAPE MOUNT CO. CONTRACTOR WAKOLO CONSTRUCTION CoT CONTRACT SIGNED MAY 1979 DATE OF POSSESSION OF SITE MAY 1979 DATE OF COMPLETION (a) Contractual JUNE 1^80 (b) Actual JUNE 1982 CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $ 74.835.25 EXTRA WORK: NIL ESCALATION $ 35.000.00 RELOCATION NIL VALUE OF INTERM CERTIFICATE TO DATE $109.835.25 STATUS OF WORK: PERCENTAGE COMPLETED TO DATE 100% ESTIMATED FINAL COST $109,835.25 Page 85 PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ' MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PROJECT SANNIQUELLIE HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION SANNIQUELLIE CONTRACTOR FABRA/HDCC CONTRACT SIGNED MAY 1?79 DATE OF POSSESSION OF SITE (NEW SITE) SEPTEMBER 1979 DATE OF COMPLETION (a) Contractual OCTOBER 1980 (b) Actual CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $432.076.09 ENTRA WORK: $113.315.22 ESCALATION NIL RELOCATION COST $ 45.840.00 VALU.OF INTERM CERTIFICATE TO DATE $311.334.24 STATUS OF WOHK: PERCENTAGE COM- * PLETED TO DATE 50% LSCK OF FUNDS 81/82 ESTIMATED FINAL COST 8591,231.51 Page 86 PROJECT STATUS SUMMARY DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION p PROJECT HARBEL HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION HARBEL. FIRESTONE CONTRACTOR Y.E.C.C.O. CONTRACT SIGNED MAY 1979 DATE OF POSSESSION OF SITE MAY 1979 - DATE OF COMPLETION y 9 (a) Contractual OCTOBER 1980 (b) Actual NIL CONTRACT SUM (ORIGINAL) $842-518-00 EXTRA WORK / $195.000.00 ESCALATION $179.131t75 RELOCATION COST NIL VALUE OF INTERM CERTIFICATE TO DATE $1-216,646.80 (less part.. . retention $49«664.68) y STATUS OF WORK: PERCENTAGE COMPLETED TO DATE ESTIMATED FINAL COST $1-216-646.80 Page 87 P- •'5C!0îC'F!\TDA'îI0NS In view of the fact that completed educational facili¬ ties significantly enhance this Ministry's image to the tax paying public and realizing the.need for adequate facilities to encourage the efficient delivery of education to children of the tax paying public we recommend the following: 1. This Ministry employ a construction foreman to be stationed within the Chief Education Offices in each county who shall be responsible for supervising the renovation of schools in each county. 2. Not less than $1.500.000.00 (plus or minus 15-66.666.67 ner countv) must be made avaixaoieavailable annually forfar the next three years to technically and systematically renovate" at least 75% of public educational facilities on a scheduled basis. 3. An official policy regarding self-help school must be established to facilitate the effective programming of instructors, furniture and supplies. Seethe attached proposal 4-• Pue to the lack of accommodations and the high cost of motels and hotels whenever one is found we wish this Ministry would build not less than two four bed room houses in each county and staff them with a cook, caretaker and have~the building"modestlv furnished. / Page 88 PhDCBDTIRB FOR APPROVAL OF SELF-HELP COMMUNITY SCHOOLS The Community desiring to build a self-help school must con¬ sult with the Division of Planning and Research,- Ministry of Education, and agree on the type of" school to be built. The following procedure must be completed. 1) Evidence of the availibility of resources to com¬ plete the project, e.g. materials, funds, community / labor. 2) The Community must provide the Ministry of Education, ï through the county supervisor of -school^ the follow¬ ing information; » a) Location of the proposed school - county, district, town, clan etc. b) School age population of the town (estimated) c) Names and location of other schools in that town or adjacent towns. d) Submit adequate document describing the limits of the property/site (preferably a deed or other legal document in the name of the school), e) Number and type of skilled and unskilled labor available. f) Expected starting and completion dates for the project upon completion of evaluation by the county supervisor of schools, the data is referred to the Bureau of Instruction, Ministry of Educa- — / tion for analysis for the purpose of the programm¬ ing. Page 89 teachers and administrators school curriculum food for school lunch furniture and equipment instructional materials If the Bureau of Instruction can accommodate the new school in its program, it refers it to the Bureau of Planning and Research. The Division of Planning and Management in the Bureau then examines the project, getting input from the Division of Educational Facilities (DEF) as to how the project fits into our National School Mapping program which indicates the net¬ work of existing and proposed schools. The Assistant Minister of Planning and Research then authorizes the Division of Educational Facilities to provide plans and make provision for supervision of construction. The Division of Educational Facilities will periodically monitor construction to ensure the self-help schools adheres to local construction standards established by the Ministry of Educa¬ tion and Ministry of Public Works. Page 90 UNIVERSITY OP LIBERIA ~ ^OBLMENT BY FACULTY« SEX AM) CLASS 1982 - 1ST SEMESTER gp.1,1^® Sex Yr. I Yr. II Yr. III Yr. IV Total Business Male 359 235 150 161 865 _ Female 154 103 72 72 401 — « Sub-Tot. 495 558 202 253 1266 Science Male 553 175 89 84 701 , . Female 84 55 12 9 145 Sub-tot. 457 208 108 95 846 Liberia Male 75 61 44 45 225 College Female 65 ' 41 2£ 20 151 — Sub-tot. 140 102 69 65 376 Teachers Male 86 69 42 45 240 College Female 15 19 9 12 55 Sub-tot. 101 88 51 55 295 Agriculture Male 84 87 58 68 277 __ Female 5 12 4 10 51 Sub-tot. 89 99 42 78 308 , Lav School Male 84 8 1 1 94 Female 21 2 1 24 . Sub-tot. 105 10 1 2 118 Sex Yr.I Yr.II Yr.III Yr.IV Yr.V Total Medical Male 29 5 15 15 1 ~63 ScllOOl Female 6 5 1 2 3-5 Sub-tot. 55 8 14 18 1 76 Extra Male 70 Mural Div. Female T4_ Sub-tot. GRAND TOTAL: 1400 853 487 544 85 3369 Page 91 CUTTINGTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BY COLLEGE. SEX AND CLASS. 1982 Field Sex Freshman Sophomore Senior Total Education Male 20 20 18 68 , Female 8 2 Sub-totãT" "25" "Male" £ Nursing Female Sub-total 25" iS "Male T BOOKER WASHINGTON INSTITUTE TABLE II, Enrollment "by Field of Specialization, Sex and Class - 1982 Number Field or Area of - Graduated Specialization Sex 1st yr. 2nd yr. 3rd yr. 4th yr. Total last year (1) (2) (3) (5) (6} (7) (8) Agriculture Men 77 18 11 105 64 Women 12 «• 14 14 40 13 Automotive Men 39 mm 22 14 75 30 Women 1 mm 1 1 3 mm Building Trades Men 130 mm 130 Freshman- Women 1 mm MM — 1 only Book-ke eping Men 42 5 5 61 26 Women 17 Mi 5 5 27 16 Cabinet Making Men 4 8 12 19 Women mm — — — mm Cam entry Men mm mm ,M 3 3 9 Women mm Mi — — — .brafti: ig Men 36 24 14 74 38 Women 9 mm 6 14 29 6 Electricity Men 34 mm 22 17 73 25 Women 3 1 mm 4 — Electronics Men 46 mm 21 11 78 18 Women 4 MM 2 8 14 2 Machinery Men 42 mm 14 18 74 29 Women 1 mm 1 — 2 Maeonry Men mm mm 9 15 24 37 — Women M» mm M. — — Plumbing Men mm mm 4 19 23 75 Women mm mm _ 1 1 — Secretarial Men 5 1 Mi 6 1 Seierce Women 54 mm 21 17 92 30 - Home - Men «M mm Ecoio mies — -» Women 39 -- - Pago 93 l9$2 Enrollment of Zorzor Rural Teacher Training Institute and 1981 Graduates* Sex Freshman Senior Total Male 138 129 267 Female 10 8 18 total 148 2SL 28£ 1982 Enrollment of Kakata Rural Teacher Training Institute and Field Sex Freshman Senior Total Language/Arts M. Male MB a. « m~*i .ï il m. Ferna1p mm mm Social Studies Male 37 35 72 „ . _ Female 4 6 10 Math/Science Male 37 46 83 ... Female 1 3 4 / Elementary Male 14 88 102 Education Female 15 .. 23. , ^8 / Page 94 STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY DISTRICT - SINOE COUNTY District No. of Boys No. of Girls Total Greenville 3,237 12,500 15,737 648 Kpanyan 960 1,608 Dugbe River 764 312 1,076 Jedepo/Jaedae 1,062 558 1,620 Butaw 1,013 570 1,583 Juarzon 2,170 2,066 4,236 Total 9,206 16,654 25,860 /■ Page 95 MARYLAND COUNTY STAFF QUALIFICATIONS PHD M.A. M.SC. B.SC. B.A, 1-3 YRS. COL. "C" "B" HSG BHSG 0 6 0 38 7 14 75 49 134 65 VP G = High School Graduate BKSG = Below High School Graduate Page 96 STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOL SECTOR BONG COUNTY TYPE OF SCHOOL BOYS GIRLS TOTAL PUBLIC 18,373 9,900 28,273 PRIVATE 5,068 3,604 8,672 TOTAL 23,441 13,504 36,945 Page 97 TEACHER DISTRIBUTION BY SCHOOL SECTOR - BONG COUNTY MALE FEMALE TOTAL f 1 PUBLIC SCHOOL v 567 163 730 PRIVATE SCHOOL 197 67 264 GRAND TOTAL 230 764 f 994 TEACHER DISTRIBUTION BY QUALIFICATION PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTOR 1-2 BHS HSG TC yrs. Col BA BSc MA MSC PHd SUPER¬ — c~ — o - -o- » o-- o~ _o- VISORY 2 1 TEACHERS 232 363 181 195 - ma - 28 3 _ TOTAL ... o- 232 365 181 195 _.o - 0 — 28 3 Í BHS = Below High School RSG « High School Graduate TC « Teaching Certificate DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORY STAFF BY AREA AND QUALIFICATION, GRAND GEDEH COUNTY ~T.-Zyrs U BHS HSG TC Col. BA. BSc. MSc. MA TOTAL. '! S 1 1 J > 3 5 s I; Tchien District 98 14 113 9 1 21 4 3 263 I ï f s Gbarzon District 24 9 16 3 1 53 > Í Konobo District 22 2 6 - 1 1 - 32 Gbeapo District 39 7 69 2 - - - - 118 f r ' Webbo District 42 25 22 5 1 4 - - 99 \ S i» í 1 fc TOTAL 226 57 226 19 3 31 5 3 570 \ i BHS = Below High School HSG = High School Graduate TC = Teaching Certificate Page 99 STUDENTS ENROLLMENT - GRAND GEDEH COUNTY 1982' DISTRICT BOYS GIRLS TOTAL TCHIEN DISTRICT 5,338 3,313 8,651 GBARZON DISTRICT 1,543 1,017 2,560 XONOBO DISTRICT 1,352 806 2,158 GBEAPO DISTRICT 2,750 1,653 4,403 WBBBO DISTRICT 2,242 1,453 3,695 TOTAL 13,225 8,242 21,467 Page 100 TEACHER DISTRIBUTION - GRAND GEDEH COUNTY 1982 TCHEN DISTRICT 225 43 268 GBARZON DISTRICT 48 5 53 KONOBO DISTRICT 39 5 44 GBEAPO DISTRICT 118 4 122 WEBBO DISTRICT 99 20 119 TOTAL 529 77 606 STUDENT - TEACHER DISTRIBUTION - CAPE MOUNT COUNTY BOYS GIRLS TOTAL STUDENT 5,495 3,452 8,947 - - 262 TEACHERS Page 102 DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHERS BY QUALIFICATION - KRU COAST TERRITORY 1-2 yrs BHG HSG TC Col. BA BSc. MA MSc. Super¬ visory Staff -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 1 -0- Teachers 60 62 106 6 1 11 -0- -0- 1 BUS = Below High School HS Of = High School Graduate TC = Teaching Certificate Page 103 STATISTICS STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOL - SECTOR BOMI TERRITORY BOYS GIRLS TOTAL 3UBLIC SCHOOLS 4,009 2,460 6,469 PRIVATE i SCHOOLS 2,055 1,010 3,065 ■J-OTAL 6,064 3,470 9,534 Page 104 SUPERVISORY-TEACHER DISTRIBUTION BY QUALIFICATION-BOMI TERRITORY BHS HSG TC 1-2 yrs BA BSC MA TOTAL Col SUPERVISORY STAFF 2 52 12 - 1 — 1 67 TEACHERS 7 120 21 1 2 2 2 154 TOTAL 9 170 33 1 3 2 3 221 BKS = Below High School HSU = High School Graduate TC = Teaching Certificate Page 105 STATISTICS- 1982 FIRESTONE PLANTATIONS COMPANY - HARBEL SCHOOL SYSTEM Number of Schools in operation - 31 Number of Teachers - 118 Number of Students 7,269 : Grades (Primer - 9th) Page 106 STATISTICAL DATA - 1982 LAMCO AREA SCHOOL SYSTEM TOTAL TOTAL # TOTAL #. DIVISION OF BOYS OF GIRLS PRE-PRIMARY 220 241 461 PRIMARY 968 957 1,925 INTERMEDIATE 564 448 1,012 JUNIOR HIGH 499 211 710 YMI ACADEMIC 228 155 383 GRAND TOTAL 2,534 2,033 4,567 .... Page 107 STATISTICAL DATA - 1982 BONG MINING COMPANY STUDENTS TEACHERS TOTAL Elem. 3,625 60 3,685 Jr. High 558 14 572 Senior High 109 7 116 Total 4,292 81 4,373 Page 108 STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY TRADE B W I AGRICULTURE 146 AUTOMOTIVE 78 BUILDING TRADE 131 BOOKKEEPING 88 CABINET MAKBÎG 12 CARPENTRY 6 DRAFTING 103 ELECTRICITY 77 ELECTRONICS 92 MACHINERY 76 MASONRY 24 PLUMBING 23 SECRETARIAL SCIENCE 98 HOME ECONOMICS 39 Page 109 B. W. I. FACULTY QUALIFICATION ToiAL STAFF DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE AA PH.D MSC. MA B.SC. B.A. 85 21 10 7 0 9 2 29 7 [ . 'Ä;.: ' ill . ■■ &