Calls for inclusive education rang out on Wednesday as Sierra Leone joined the world in commemorating the International Day of Sign Languages. At the centre of the debate was a plea from a veteran teacher at the school for the deaf, who urged authorities to prioritise sign language in teacher training and ensure that learning materials are accessible to Deaf children.
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In a bid to address the challenges preventing some children from attending school, Center for Empowerment, Education, Peace and Agriculture for Rural Development (CEEPARD) has supported 2,500 vulnerable children and women-led households in rural communities in Waterloo as part of the organization’s sixth edition of its Summer School Livelihood Support Programme for less privileged children.
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The Ministry of Health has unveiled an ambitious plan that requires $2.5 billion over the next five years to overhaul Sierra Leone’s health sector.
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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah, has called for school feeding programmes to be treated not as charity, but as a strategic national investment linking education, agriculture, youth employment and economic self-reliance.
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Liberia’s joint security forces have arrested a 41-year-old Sierra Leonean national after he was allegedly caught carrying more than 1,500 tablets of suspected Tapentadol at the Bo-Waterside border crossing.
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