USAID/OTI Liberia Hot Topics May 2005
Over Four Hundred Teachers Participate
in Accelerated Learning Program Training in Liberia
In order to provide basic primary education to children and youths who have been denied access over the past two decades in Liberia, Liberia Transition Initiatives/CAII is working in close collaboration with the Liberian Ministry of Education to coordinate the implementation of an Accelerated Learning Program throughout Liberia. The objectives of this program are threefold.
- To facilitate primary-school participation
of over-aged and war-affected youths 8 years old and up into the Accelerated
Learning Program. In the program, six years of regular schooling are undertaken
in three years.
- To mainstream life skills, HIV/AIDS
education and other intervention programs into the Accelerated Learning
Program.
- To explore the potential for non-formal learning accommodations, such as community centers, and partnerships with non-government institutions, such as private schools, to expand the reach of the Accelerated Learning Program.
For further information, please contact:
In Washington: Donna Kerner, Senior Program Manager, 202-712-0716, dkerner