Liberia’s parliament summons Education Ministry over Monrovia school protests
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Liberian Investigator
Liberia’s House of Representatives has summoned the Education Ministry to respond to school disruptions linked to a teachers’ strike in Monrovia’s school system. Students have been protesting as teachers demand, among other things, that volunteers be added to the payroll and salary adjustments, reports The Liberian Investigator.
Liberia’s House of Representatives has summoned the Ministry of Education to explain disruptions to classes caused by student protests in Monrovia, reports The Liberian Investigator. The minister is due to appear in plenary on Tuesday, as students in the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS), the capital’s public school network, have been out of class since the second month of the school year.
The ministry must also present lawmakers with the government’s plan to build 100 public schools across the country. Representative Dixon Seboe, elected from District 16 of Montserrado County, said the conflict involving MCSS teachers required urgent intervention, according to The Liberian Investigator.
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