Immediately after taking my Covid-19 vaccine at Statehouse, I headed to Mayakie, Mambolo Chiefdom, Kambia where we are opening a model Early Childhood Development Center with our partner Orange-Sierra Leone.
Within the partnership, Orange has invested in 3 ECD schools, built in 3 months with complete furniture, and outdoor playground.
MBSSE will complement this partnership by providing ECD kits, training the educators with the National ECCE curriculum, the Minimum Stds, sets of books, locally made toys, etc.
The New Direction Government through the FQSE added 1 year of pre-school to strengthen and improve quality education. Prior to 2018, pre-schools were mainly private, and they existed in urban areas. Over the last two years, GoSL has actively expanded the number of ECD classrooms. This has been intensified over the last several months. Through the GPE project with UNICEF, about 60 classrooms are currently being completed. Several other ECD construction are happening nationwide.
I am grateful to the Sesay Family for donating the land, and the paramount chief P.C Bai Shebura Lion II for welcoming and supporting FQSE.
My friend Aminata- the CEO of Orange is a true leader and visionary and I am grateful for this collaboration.
This is what we mean by Quality in Free Quality School Education.