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Questions In The Answers Of Primary School Education In Sierra Leone, Samuel Hinton
Questions In The Answers Of Primary School Education In Sierra Leone, Samuel Hinton
Samuel Hinton
The purpose of this paper is to review current issues in pre- and primary school reform and to pose questions on the long-term implications of present day solutions. Such an exercise will open up discussion on the probable effects of educational policy decisions with a view to minimize negative effects brought on by new policies. Because data collection in Sierra Leone is embryonic and unreliable, it is difficult to be definitive in planning future reform in education based on available data. The civil war between 1989 and 1999 practically shut down the educational system. Some of the obvious steps taken …