Sierra Leone

31 July 2024

Academics Condemn Attacks On Sierra Leone’s Endangered Historian and Journalist

Around 100 academics have condemned threats and harassment against Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, an Africanist Press editor and historian. They urge Sierra Leone’s government to ensure his safety and protect journalistic freedom. Read more

 

30 June 2024

Qatar Education Minister Meets Sierra Leonean Minister of Technical and Higher Education

Doha, June 09  – HE Minister of Education and Higher Education Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi met Sunday with HE Minister of Technical and Higher Education of the Republic of Sierra Leone Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie. During the meeting, they discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries in education. Read more

 

30 April 2024

MTHE Conducts a Tour of the Facilities at Mercy Ships

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Technical and Higher Education toured Mercy Ships’ facilities. The non-profit offers free surgeries and partners with universities. Mercy Ships boasts specialties like eye surgery and collaborates to avoid duplication of services. The organization works with universities to establish a dental education program for Sierra Leonean students. More

 

31 March 2024

Sierra Leone’s Public University Lecturers End Strike Action

Sierra Leone’s public university lecturers ended their month-long strike on March 13, 2024, after negotiations with government entities. While some progress was made, the lecturers say outstanding issues remain, including unpaid benefits and allowances. They are demanding the full implementation of a revised benefits package and resolution of promotion backlogs at several universities. More

 

31 January 2024

Sierra Leone Varsity Bans Repeating Students

To maintain the standards of the College, Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone through its Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Professor Lawrence Kamara on orientation day confirmed to new students that the institution will ban repeating in classes. Read more

 

30 November 2023

LSE And Africell Deliver Innovative Executive Training in The Gambia and Sierra Leone

In October, London-based Africell and LSE Generate, the School’s entrepreneurship hub, delivered a series of bespoke training courses on “intrapreneurship” and “empathetic leadership” in The Gambia and Sierra Leone, where Africell is the leading mobile operator. Read more

Sierra Leone’s Envoy to Saudi Arabia Keen to Promote University Exchange Programs 

Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, who studied in the Kingdom in the 1980s, says he is keen to see greater cooperation between the two countries in the form of university exchange programs. Read more

Sierra Leone University Lecturers Issue 21-days Ultimatum

The Academic Staff Association of Public Universities in Sierra Lion has on the 18^th November 2023 converged at the Eastern Technical University in Kenema where they have resolved among other things to a 21-day ultimatum effective today 20^th November for the government to address their concerns or they will down tools. Read more

 

31 August 2023

EBK University Port Loko Conducts Orientation Session for Students Ahead of NCTVA Exams

Though the National Council for Technical Vocational and other Academic Awards (NCTVA) examination has started few days back with practicals, tough and highly attended exams will commence on the 29 August at the Port Loko Campus. Read more

Higher Education Minister Haja Ramatulai Wurie Inks Deal For Kono University of Science and Technology Construction

The Minister of Higher and Technical Education, Haja Ramatulai Wurie, has taken a significant step toward advancing education and technological progress in Sierra Leone. Read more

Kuwait And Algeria Offer Scholarships Opportunities to Sierra Leonean Students

Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Technical and Higher Education has announced scholarships offered by the Governments of Kuwait and Algeria to qualified Sierra Leoneans who want to pursue studies in these countries for the 2023/2024 academic year. Read more

MTHE Extends Invitation for Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarships in the United Kingdom

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with MTHE, is offering prestigious Postgraduate Scholarships for the upcoming 2023/2024 academic year. Read more

Pujehun Technical College Set to Resume Operation

The institution, which faced temporary closure in 2021 due to challenges, has taken significant strides to address those issues and is now ready to provide valuable technical and vocational education once again. Read more

Public University Lecturers Threaten Strike Action 

In a letter addressed to the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie dated 9 August 2023, members of the Union of Academic Staff Associations (UASA) of public tertiary institutions in Sierra Leone have resolved to withhold their service if their Conditions of Service (CoS) are not addressed. Read more

The University of Sierra Leone is Doing Well

In what appears to be an unprecedented success in the contemporary history of higher education in Sierra Leone; the Times Higher Education has ranked the University of Sierra Leone in the 23rd position out of One Hundred in its Sub-Saharan University Rankings 2023… Read more

UNIMAK Welcomes 27 Spanish Professors and Students

They are on a two-week mission, organized by the Madrid-based international NGO Viva Makeni. The mission aims to impact valuable health and personal hygiene knowledge to local children. Read more

 

31 July 2023

University of Sierra Leone Emerges Among Top 100 Universities in Sub-Saharan Africa …

In a significant achievement for higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa, the University of Sierra Leone, on the 21^st July, 2023, has secured a spot among the top universities in the region. Read more

University of Sierra Leone Ranked Among Africa’s Top Universities

The University of Sierra Leone, which includes the Institute of Public Administration and Management, Fourah Bay College, and the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, has achieved a notable position among the leading universities in Africa. Read more

 

30 April 2023

New Initiative to Reform Multilateral Education Financing Launched …

Under the auspices of the High-Level Steering Committee, a series of senior-level meetings will develop actionable proposals for the initiative over the next six months and seek the endorsement by the HLSC Group leaders. Read more

Over 70% of Students Graduating from University in Sierra Leone Last Year are Still Unemployed Today

Successive governments in Sierra Leone have made education a national development strategy priority but year after year, graduates face an uncertain and bleak future. Read more

Renowned NLP Master Practitioner Herdiana Dewi Nurfika Successfully Conducts Online Emotional Intelligence

The program aimed to help educators develop their own emotional intelligence and improve their ability to support students. Read more

SCI Students to Travel to Sierra Leone and Promote Educational Access

In October 2022, student researchers Luke Charlesworth (CS ’24) and Chris Kefalos (IS ’24) initiated a project to transform donated computers into accessible educational resources for communities in Sierra Leone. Read more

Special Remarks by Prof. Dr. Julius Julukon Sarwolo Nelson, Jr. at University of Sierra Leone

We are indeed happy and honored to be a part of this memorable occasion. It is a significant part of the educational sojourn of these graduates. We thank God that as educational institutions, we can together impact the minds and lives of these graduates and future generation. Read more

The Project for Promoting Youth Employment Through Automotive Maintenance Skills Training in Sierra Leone

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in cooperation with the Government of Japan, the Government of Sierra Leone launched the “The project for promoting youth employment through automotive maintenance skills training” in Sierra Leone from 2021. Read more

 

31 March 2023

British High Commissioner Announces Additional £25m Grant to Sierra Leone’s Education

The British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Ms. Lisa Chesney (photo) has announced an additional twenty-five million Pounds (£25m) grant for a new five-year programme funded by the United Kingdom government to support Secondary Schools in the country. Read more

Njala University Confers Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree on President Bio Ahead of Presidential Election

Chancellor of Njala University, Professor Sahr Moses Gevao, believed to be a strong supporter of the ruling SLPP said the ceremony leading to the conferment of the honour on the President is in accordance with Section 4(b) and Section 2(1), Subsection 3 of the University’s Act 2021. Read more

 

28 February 2023

All Reasonable Measures Taken to Financially Support Eligible Students…

The University of Cape Town (UCT) management said that it had taken all reasonable measures to financially support as many eligible students as possible.Students demonstrated on campus this week over fee blocks which prevent students with outstanding debt from registering… Read more

Ambassador Sesay Calls on Al Qasimia University, Advocates for More Scholarship Support for Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, has paid a courtesy call on the leadership of the Al Qasimia University, where he advocated for increased scholarship support for Sierra Leonean students. Read more

Sierra Leone Can’t Afford Not to Invest on Education 

The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education Dr Moinina David Sengeh has told students in the University of Makeni that Sierra Leone cannot afford not to spend its resources on education, regarding education as the country’s best bet to move to a development trajectory. Read more

 

31 January 2023

Giving the Opportunity to Sierra Leoneans to Study in Europe: …

For the past weeks, the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone in partnership with the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education have been briefing students of the Njala University in Bo, the University of Sierra Leone in Freetown, and the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) in Makeni on how to apply for the EU-funded Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree Scholarship Programme. Read more

Open Access Publishing Deal for Low-, Middle-Income Countries

Academics based in 70 low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, will be able to have their primary research published Gold Open Access by Nature – at no cost – thus enabling their scientific work to be permanently and freely available online for anyone to read. Read more

 

31 December 2022

Confucius Institute Marks 10^th Anniversary in Sierra Leone

The Confucius Institute at the University of Sierra Leone on Saturday marked the 10^th anniversary of operation in Sierra Leone. Jing Man, Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Sierra Leone, said that since 2012, the institute has set up 20 teaching sites… Read more

Fewer Sierra Leone Women with Tertiary Education

Findings from the Afrobarometer survey have shown that fewer Sierra Leonean women have tertiary education than their male counterparts. The report which was released on the 8 December 2022 stated that “Women are less likely than men to have post-secondary education… Read more

 

30 November 2022

President Shifts Focus to HE Amid Massive Demand for Places

Sierra Leone has provided West Africans with tertiary education from its famous Fourah Bay College (FBC) since 1827. It was set up by the Christian Missionary Society of the Anglican Church and, over the years, students from the region travelled to Sierra Leone to be educated at the college, one of several quality institutions. Read more

Sierra Leona Deputy Minister, Botswana Delegation Visit University

Delaware State University recently hosted a visit from the Honorable Amara Kallon, Deputy Minister of Political and Public Affairs of the African Republic of Sierra Leone and a delegation from the southern African country of Botswana. Read more

Sierra Leone University Court to Investigate Lecturers Over Sexual Harassment and Other Allegations

The Chancellor of Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), Dr. Victor Kabia has said that the university Court will investigate staff in relation to the execution of their duties. Read more

Six Lecturers in Police Custody for Sexually Harassing Female Students…

… six lecturers, including departmental heads, at the Milton Margai Technical University, are in police custody on allegations of sexual harassment and soliciting sex in exchange for grades.  Read more

Surge in School-Leavers Leads to Sifting Entrance Exams

After years of war that disrupted society, including education in Sierra Leone, what should have been a success story has turned into a nightmare for the authorities as they grapple with what to do with the huge numbers of senior high school-leavers who have qualified for university admission. Read more

University of Sierra Leone Turns to Entrance Exams as Thousands Seek Entry After Record-Setting WASSCE Results

The University of Sierra Leone says its decision to conduct a “selection test” was taken, following an engagement with the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education. Read more

 

30 September 2022

FBC Election: Alfred Sesay Vs. Salamatu Kakay 

So let glance a bit at student politics as race to replace the first female president of the Fourah Bay College (FBC) Student Union Government is expected to take place this week. Read more

Mining and Minerals have had Limited Educational Benefits

The story of mineral discoveries and mining in Africa being a social curse for the continent is likely to persist after researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank recently found no conclusive evidence of intergenerational mobility into higher education in most African countries and districts where extractions of mineral resources occur. Read more

President Bio Speaks on Five-Year Education Sector Plan

Across tertiary, technical, and vocational education, we have registered unprecedented successes. The Minister of Technical and Higher Education has mentioned that we now have ten districts with Government Technical Institutions. Read more

Republic of Sierra Leone – National Statement Transforming Education Summit

The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education & the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education have worked closely together in collaboration with other government agencies, development partners, civil society and non-governmental organizations, … Read more

UNILAG Hosts 4 W/African Universities in Two-Day Regional Workshop, Plans Stronger Collaborations

University of Lagos (UNILAG) has concluded plans to strengthen collaborations with sister universities in the West African sub-region.The plans formed part of resolutions reached a two-day Regional Stakeholders Impact Workshop, which rounded off at the Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Centre recently. Read more

 

31 August 2022

School Leadership Event in Sierra Leone Draws Experts Across Africa

Education Development Trust (EDT) co-hosted a knowledge exchange event last month, bringing together key stakeholders and policymakers from Sierra Leone’s education sector. Read more

 Youths Stuck as HE Fails to Provide Job-Relevant Skills

The journey from school to well-paying jobs is full of challenges to most young people in 22 countries in Western and Central Africa, as universities and other tertiary education institutions in the region have not been responding quickly to the changing nature of work, according to the World Bank. Read more

 

31 July 2022

Sierra Leone Students Cry for Help in Pakistan

The leader for the Sierra Leonean students studying in Pakistan has expressed concerns over the nonpayment of their annual stipend due from the government for the 2021/2022 academic year.Speaking to Politico, Abu Macavoray said they are currently “going through untold suffering”. Read more

UNESCO and SIDA Support Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy…

UNESCO is working alongside key partners in Sierra Leone to support the development of the country’s first science, technology and innovation (STI) policy, a crucial asset in harnessing STI for sustainable development. Read more

 

30 June 2022

11 Sierra Leoneans to participate in 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship…

U.S. Embassy Freetown is proud to announce that the following leaders will participate in the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship: Samuel Saidu, James Kpaka, Aminata Kandeh, Alex Bayoh, Precious Lamin, Nyangah Rogers-Wright, Laura Nicol, Adama Sillah, Issa Thullah. Read more

Installation and Deployment of 50Kw Solar Pv Generation Technology at Njala University  

The challenge of access to energy has been recognised at the level of the African Union Agenda 2063 the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Goal 7 of the SDGs aims at achieving universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030, … Read more

Loans for Students Now Available 

The parliament of Sierra Leone Tuesday carried out two actions that that will have a significant impact on the country. One is the approval of the nomination of the first CEO of the new Student Loan Scheme and the second is the making into law the National Investment Board Act. Read more

MoHERST Signs MoU with Ministry of Technical and Higher Education, Sierra Leone

The Honourable Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Professor Pierre Gomez, and a delegation from his ministry and Gambia College have concluded their visit to Sierra Leone as a follow-up on a series of consultations and visits… Read more

Sierra Leone’s Fake Education Qualifications’ Scandal…

This article seeks to answer the question that builds a nexus between education and development, and how the upsurge of fake universities and the craze for fake terminal degrees in Sierra Leone are a result of market failure of the state-run academic institutions in Sierra Leone. Read more

 

31 May 2022

Holders of Fake Certificates Should Resign Within One Week – Ministry of Higher

The Minister of Technical and Higher Education has called on all staff in all Higher and Technical Education Institutions who acquired their certificates, diplomas and degrees in unaccredited institutions to resign within one week. Read more

Ministry Of Technical and Higher Education – Press Statement to Individuals with Certificates, Diplomas, and Degrees from Unaccredited Institution

Following a joint communique on Unaccredited universities and award of fake degrees in Sierra Leone on Tuesday 26^th April, 2022, all academic and administrative staff in higher and Technical Education Institutions who acquired their certificates, diploma and degrees in Unaccredited Institutions are to resign within the next two weeks… Read more

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Makes Compelling Case for Prioritising Access to Technical and Vocational Education

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has made a compelling case for prioritising access to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) when he addressed the State Opening of Parliament on his government’s accomplishments since the 2018 elections. Read more

Supporting young women to become teachers and role models in Sierra Leone

The Girls’ Access to Education – Girls’ Education Challenge (GATE-GEC) project was a four-year UK Aid-funded project. It was led by Plan International UK and implemented by Plan International Sierra Leone, alongside consortium partners Action Aid, Humanity and Inclusion and the Open University (OU). Read more

 

30 April 2022

Tertiary Education Minister Prof. Alpha Wurie Urges New University Graduates to be “Drivers of National Transformation”

Professor Alpha Tejan Wurie, the Minister of Technical and Higher Education in Sierra Leone has urged new university graduates to drive creative thinking and innovation to facilitate national transformation. Read more

 

28 February 2022

Parliament Commends IMATT College for the Growth of Education 

In light of the ongoing hearings from the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Technical and Higher Education on the investigations of colleges operating in the country, the Committee on Technical and Higher Education in Parliament has on Wednesday 16/2/2022 continued a two-week hearings investigation relative to the updated registration of the educational institutions… Read more

No Date for Graduation at University of Sierra Leone

The Director of Media and Communications of the University of Sierra Leone, Dr. Tonya Musa, has dismissed as untrue graduation dates shared on social media. “We have graduation week, but we have not yet fixed dates for graduation,” Dr. Musa said. Read more

 

31 January 2022

Studying Now in South Bay, She Dreams of Building Special Education Center…

For Mariama Fofanah, now living in Hawthorne and studying online at Western Governors University, it will be a long haul before she finishes her master’s degree in teaching and special education, but she’s focused on building a school from the preschool level through 12th grade in the West African nation someday. Read more

 

31 December 2021

President Julius Maada Bio Installs Chancellors of Universities, Assures Autonomy and Challenges them to Project Integrity…

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has decorated and installed Chancellors for four public universities in Sierra Leone, assured them of autonomy in governance and urged them to project the integrity of their respective institutions. Read more

Researchers Failing ‘Relevance Test’, Some HE Ministers Say

African ministers of education, science and technology faulted scientists for doing research that seemed to be producing knowledge for “the sake of it”, without clear benefits for the larger society and its national challenges. Read more

 

30 November 2021

Sierra Leone: 21-Year-Old Jeremiah Thoronka wins the 2021 Global Student Prize

Read more at: https://www.switsalone.com/40191_sierra-leone-21-year-old-jeremiah-thoronka-wins-the-2021-global-student-prize… Read more

Sierra Leone Parliament Enacts the Student Loan Scheme Fund Act 2021

This scheme is a view of providing financial assistance to students of tertiary institutions in Sierra Leone, as a way of increasing enrollment in higher education and promoting the right to education to all Sierra Leoneans. Read more

US$100,000: ‘Surround Yourself with People Who Uplift You’

Jeremiah Thoronka, 21, a student from Sierra Leone, is the first winner of the new US$100,000 Chegg.org Global Student Prize. Read more

 

31 October 2021

President Bio Relinquishes Universities Chancellorship

Sierra Leone’s President Juiius Maada Bio has become the first president of the country to relinquish his role as chancellor of the country’s universities, which successive presidents have used to impose and exert political will and control over the running and day to day management of the universities. Read more

 

30 September 2021

UL, Sierra Leone Sign Landmark Agreement for Academic Improvement

Authorities of the University of Liberia and those of the University of Sierra Leone have reached a consensus through signing a memorandum of understanding to facilitate collaboration in research, grant application, students, faculty and staff exchanges, curricula enhancement, visiting lectureship and seminars, cultural exchanges, joint publication and study visits amongst others. Read more

 

31 August 2021

UNIMTECH Wins Tertiary Essay Competition in Sierra Leone 

Simeon Harding, a final year student in the department of Management information Systems at the University of Management and Technology (UNIMTECH) has emerged winner of an essay competition for tertiary institutions, organized by Grassroots Action for National Development (GRAND). Read more

 

31 July 2021

MPs Applaud Sierra Leone’s Universities Act 2021

Debating the 2021 Universities Act viewed as a long-awaited opportunity, Members of Parliament in Sierra Leone have unanimously applauded the bill and called it “injustice corrected” as it is something that the nation deserves and have long craved for only to have it now. Read more

Sierra Leone’s Eastern Polytechnic Prepares for University Status

As part of preparations for its proposed university status by October 2021, the Eastern Polytechnic has on the 23rd June 2021 conducted in-service training for academic and senior staff of the college in Kenema. Read more

University of Sierra Leone Upgrades System 

The University of Sierra Leone (USL) has in a press conference announced it move to ensure system structuring and upgrade in both academic and administrative processes in order to improve on the quality and performance of the University. Read more

 

30 June 2021

Funding Levels of Higher Education a Grave Concern

Hopes continue to linger in Sub-Saharan Africa that universities will produce the next generation of professionals such as engineers, medical personnel, teachers, business and public affairs managers to propel the economies the region aspires to have… Read more

University of Sierra Leone Re-engineering Academic and Administrative Processes

(USL) wishes to inform the press and the general   public about its interventions to re-engineer strategic academic and administrative processes in order to improve on the performance of the University. Read more

 

31 May 2021

Prof. Samai Swearing in Address 2021

The total complement of health professionals, with the appropriate skills mix, needed to ameliorate the situation through provision of service and training of the right quality and quantity was lacking. Read more

Quality Assurance Efforts are a Catalyst for Change

As a sea of graduates, dressed in blue, paraded under a hot sun in a courtyard at the University of Makeni, Sierra Leone, anticipation, relief and excitement were palpable on every face. On their graduation day, 20 March, everyone was ready to celebrate the culmination of four years’ hard work. Read more

Reengineering the Systems of the University of Sierra Leone

The Collegiate Administrations (FBC, IPAM, and COMAHS & SPS) and the Secretariat have resolved on several strategic issues as part of the reengineering academic and administrative performance of the University. Read more

Science Fund Targets Agriculture Innovations in West Africa

The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET), one of Africa’s biggest science funds, is rolling out €2.7 million (about US$3.3 million) in grants for innovations in agriculture, targeted at universities and research institutions in West Africa. Read more

Sierra Leone’s Broken Education System will Take Generations to Fix

The president’s obsession with appointing ‘professors’ and ‘doctors (PhDs)’ has triggered a wave of suspect professors and doctors wishing to be named the next Minister of Sea and Sky. Read more

University of Sierra Leone on the Right Path

The Management of the University of Sierra Leone is mapping the way forward for an effective and efficient managerial framework. Read more

 

30 April 2021

Collaborative Learning Seminar with University of Makeni, Sierra Leone

The Department of International Development (DID) has a long-established relationship with the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) in Sierra Leone (initiated in Kimmage Development Studies Centre). Read more

School of Business Concludes Training of Trainers in Entrepreneurship…

The School of Business on Friday 16th April 2021 successfully concluded the ARUA EIMEC training of trainers in entrepreneurship and Innovation program.  The 12 day training brought about participants from universities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Nigeria. Read more

 

28 February 2021

Academic Staff Associations of Public Universities … Agree to Return to Work

Academic Staff Associations of Universities and Polytechnics have agreed to call off their strike actions and promised His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio that they will resume classes… Read more

Seven (7) Days Ultimatum for Reopening of College & Universities

In a letter dated 28th January, 2021 directed to the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, New England Ville, Freetown, Professor Alpha Wurie, the Sierra Leone Student’s Representative Council (SLSRC) gave a Seven (7) Days Ultimatum for the reopening of all universities and Colleges in the country. Read more

 

31 December 2020

Sierra Leone Tertiary Commission Clashes with Another Errant College 

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is at loggerheads with yet another tertiary institution over accreditation. The TEC is accusing the management of the Professional Global Training Institute (PGTI)… Read more

UNESCO Addresses Societal Inequalities and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Nine Sub-Saharan African Cities

Moderated by Simona Bignami, Professor of Demography at the Université de Montréal, the webinar welcomed more than 100 participants from around the world. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic triggered severe economic and social contractions, magnifying the long-standing legacies of prejudice, injustice, and increasing inequalities of our societies. Read more

 

30 November 2020

Fate of over 300 Sierra Leone Varsity Students in Limbo 

The fate of over 300 Sierra Leoneans enrolled with the Africa Graduate University (AGU-SL) is on the balance, after the institution was ordered to shut down due to lack of accreditation. Read more

 

31 October 2020

Minister Launches Aqhed’s High-Leveltask Force for Tertiary Education Reform

The Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Prof Aiah Gbakima has launched the Assuring Quality Higher Education in Sierra Leone task force (AQHEd SL) in Freetown. Read more

New Biofilms Study Could Lead to a More Sustainable Water Industry

University of Sheffield engineers have identified a new way of managing biofilms – microbial layers that form inside drinking water pipes. Read more

 

30 September 2020

Sharing Life Skills in the Face of a Pandemic: Sierra Leone’s Teens in Action

When schools and colleges closed down because of the pandemic, I didn’t feel that good. Read more

We have a Responsibility to Invest in Our Healthcare System

Dr. Mamadu Baldeh is a 31-year-old medical officer attached to the Infectious Disease and Isolation Unit at the Connaught Hospital, University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital complex, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Read more

 

30 August 2020

ACC Concludes Investigation into Alleged Corruption…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has completed investigating the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Malaysia, in Sierra Leone and the former Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Dr. Minkailu Bah, for alleged Misappropriation of Public Property and Revenue… Read more

Pitfalls of Pioneering Education in Africa: The Case of Sierra Leone

AS an international institution of higher education, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology faces challenges that are beyond one’s normal expectation. Read more

 

31 July 2020

Merck Foundation Makes History by Training the First African Embryologists

Merck Foundation makes history by training the first African Embryologists and Fertility Experts in many countries such as; The Gambia, Burundi, Guinea, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Read more

Universities & Colleges to Recommence 2nd Semester on 25th July 2020

The Ministry of Technical and Higher Education on the 22^nd July 2020 through a Public Notice is informing members of the public that it will recommence the Second Semester 2019/20 Academic Session for Higher and Technical Education Institutions across the country. Read more

 

31 May 2020

DVC Njala Campus Spurs Njala University COVID -19 Taskforce

Professor Bashiru Koroma, Deputy Vice Chancellor,Njala Campus has spurred the Njala University COVID-19 Taskforce to work efficiently with the limited resources from the University to secure the immediate communities and the University environs against COVID-19. Read more

Njala and DSTI Partner with IBM to Provide Digital Skills Training in Sierra Leone…

As part of its preparedness to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to continue teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, Njala University (NU) and the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) have partnered with IBM… Read more

Njala Launch Moodle Platform for E-Learning

Njala University (NU or simply Njala) has deployed Moodle platform (including Moodle mobile app) to provide online course delivery across the University. Students and faculty can use moodle mobile app to access Njala University online Course Delivery Platform. Read more

 

30 April 2020

“Education is the Universal Key” Says H.E Fatima Maada Bio

Her Excellency Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, made these remarks as she delivered a public lecture at the University of The Gambia. Read more

Njala University to Benefit from USD 4.5 Million ADB Agribusiness…

Njala University is set to benefit from an Agribusiness and Rice Value Chain Project dubbed ‘Empowering the Novel-AgriBusiness-Led Empowerment (ENABLE)’ sponsored by the African Development Bank. Read more

 

31 March 2020

COVID-19 Forces Early Closure of Schools

The Government of Sierra Leone has asked all educational institutions/centers in the country to round up their exams by 31^st March 2020. Read more

“Education is the Universal Key” says H.E Fatima Maada Bio

Her Excellency Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone, made these remarks as she delivered a public lecture at the University of The Gambia. Read more

Ministry of Technical and Higher Education

Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministries of Technical & Higher Education and Basic & Senior Secondary Education, has decided to close all educational institutions on March 31 2020 as part of measures in the fight against Corona Virus. Read more

 

29 February 2020

Construction of Students’ Hostel

A team of engineers from NASSIT and State House headed by Engineer Abdul Njai, has held fruitful deliberations for the construction of an ultra-modern students’ hostel at the office of the Campus Superintendent, Dr. Rashid Ansumana. Read more

Sustainable Power Solution for Njala

A high powered delegation comprising Engineers from African Union-New Economic Partnership for African Development (AU-NEPAD), Representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ministry of Technical and Higher Education among others, have concluded feasibility studies… Read more

 

30 November 2019

Expanding Education: From Africa to Cambridge and Back Again

Mgcini “Keith” Phuthi ’19, a native Zimbabwean, uses his experiences at MIT to develop improvements in education policy in Sierra Leone through MISTI-Africa. Read more

 

31 October 2019

Higher Education Ministry Requests Over Le247bn

The Ministry of Technical and Higher Education has presented a budget of Le247.4billion to implement planned activities for the 2020 financial year to promote quality access to tertiary and vocational education through appropriate policies and legislations. Read more

Regional Professionals in Energy Share Practices in Renewable Energy to Overcome Energy Challenge

Experts in Public, Private, Academic institutions and researchers from Rwanda and the region have started five-day training in Power Engineering | Microgrid and Smartgrid. Read more

Sierra Leone’s ‘Smart Country’ Ambition

DSTI also set up Sierra Leone’s first robotics research division backed by Yale University. Sengeh’s team says this is to “support decision making through an evidence-based and data-driven process.” Read more

 

31 July 2019

Farmer-Led Research Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance Wins Antibiotic Guardian Awards

The fourth inaugural awards, hosted by the Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss and run by Public Health England, were attended by leaders in human and veterinary medicine and the agricultural industries from the UK and around the world, including entries from Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Spain. Read more

Making High-Quality Education Accessible to All

Researchers and educators gather at MIT to discuss how to meet the educational needs of a new learning society. Read more

 

31 May 2019

Pay your College Fees – Bribe Lecturers to Mark Your Exam Papers – and Still Get no Result

Imagine a situation where you enrolled at a college to study, and at the end of the year you take your exams. Months after completing your studies, the college fails to give you your results. Read more

 

30 April 2019

Sierra Leone Develops New National Technical Vocational Training Policy

Minister of Tertiary and Higher Education – Professor Aiah Gbakima, said at a press yesterday that his ministry is a new national policy for Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Read more

 

28 February 2019

The Acting Vice-Chancellor and Principal of USL, Professor Brigadier-General Foday Sahr Delivering his Speech at Congregation

The University of Sierra Leone has a long history of academic excellence dating as far back as 1827 when Fourah Bay College was established. Originally intended as an Anglican missionary school to train teachers in the promotion of education and Christianity, it became a degree granting institution in 1876, when it became affiliated with Durham University in England.   Read more

 

31 January 2019

Njala Partners with the Regional Songhai Centre

Njala University, Sierra Leone, partners with the Regional Songhai Centre in the Republic Benin to replicate the Songhai Model in Sierra Leone. Read more

NU and AfDB Hold Consultative Meeting

The African Development Bank (AfDB) hold a Consultative meeting with Njala University (NU) on the Sierra Leone Agro-Industry and rice value chain project. Read more

UNIMAK Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

On the 5th December 2018 a team from the University of Makeni headed by the Vice Chancellor travelled to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. Read more

 

30 November 2018

Future-Proofing Higher Education Starts with Reinventing the College Degree

The speed at which technology is changing has created a reality where we have to rethink our education system. The impact that rapidly changing technology is having on the workforce and economy cannot be ignored, and we must come to terms with the fact that we need to be continually learning and refreshing our skills in order to stay relevant. Read more

 

30 September 2018

Sierra Leone Makes Schools Free but Scraps University Subsidies

Sierra Leone has launched a public awareness campaign to inform people about its free education programme due to start in September. Read more

31 August 2018

Education is an Investment for Human and Economic Development – Says President Bio

After just five months of being elected president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio has today transformed his flagship manifesto pledge into reality. He has launched his ‘Free Quality School Education Programme (FQSEP)’. Read more

Sierra Leone Free Education Programme – ‘My Scholars Need Quality Education’

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. Read more

UNIMAK welcomes 34 Guinean students

Thirty-four Guinean students from King Mo Roi the 6th University arrived at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) on the 5 August 2018 to improve their English writing, reading and spoken English. Read more

30 June 2018

Sierra Leone Military Establishes Technical and Education College

Sierra Leone’s economic recovery is far too reliant on the mining industry, especially iron ore export, which in the last six years has experienced serious turbulence, as a result of the 2014 Ebola outbreak and global economic downturn. Read more

Sierra Leone: President Bio Promises to Introduce Students’ Loan Scheme

His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has said his government will introduce the students’ loan scheme that will provide loans facilities to deserving students to access higher education across the country. Read more

Why Nations Fail – Sierra Leone on My Mind

Co-authored by the M.I.T economist Daron Acemoglu and the Harvard political scientist James A Robinson, “Why Nations Fail” argues that the key difference between countries is “institutions”. Read more

31 May 2018

Njala students on strike

Students in the School of Community and Health Sciences formerly called Paramedical at Njala University, Kowama Campus, have staged a peaceful protest to express their anger over what they described as a poor learning environment. Read more

15 March 2017

“Unlocking the Potential of Education for Our Children Is Critical”

Minister of Trade and Industry, who also doubles as the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) party Western Regional Chairman, retired Captain Allieu Pat-Sowe, has noted that unlocking the potential of education for children would be critical in enhancing national development. Read more

31 October 2016

46 New Doctors Congregate Among Graduates

Forty-six newly-graduated medical doctors stood on stage at the newly renovated, Adjai Crowther Amphitheatre on Mount Aureol, Fourah Bay College. Read more

15 September 2016

Damning!

The new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has painted a gloomy picture about Sierra Leone’s future in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 4 –ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Read more

George Town University Atones for Selling 272 slaves to pay off a debt in 1838

Georgetown University is confronting its troubling ties to the slave trade, by making a monumental change to the school’s admissions process. Read more

Sierra Leonean Students Arrive in China to Pursue PhD, Masters Degrees

China, through the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) has admitted forty-nine (49) deserving Sierra Leonean students into various universities for the 2016/2017 academic year. Read more

31 August 2016

10 Universities/Tertiary Institutions to Get Free Internet

A $500,000 free internet connection was unveiled by the Bank for Universities, Colleges and Schools to further emphasise the importance of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and its effect on education. Read more

49 Sierra Leonean students to leave for China for higher education

The Sino-Sierra Leonean Alumni Association (SISLAA) held an orientation ceremony for 49 Sierra Leonean students who will be leaving for China to pursue their further studies. Read more

31 July 2016

Prof. Abdullah Refutes ‘Insubordination’ Claim

Professor Dr Ibrahim Abdullah has refuted claims of insubordination levied against him by the University of Sierra Leone. Read more

SSLAA Appeals for More Scholarships

As they join the China Embassy and Government of Sierra Leone to celebrate the 45th anniversary of bilateral relationship, President of the Sino-Sierra Leone Alumni Association (SSLAA) has appealed to the Chinese Government to increase the quota of academic scholarship awards and re -consider awarding them to candidates through individual institutions rather than through the Government of Sierra Leone, so as to ensure ease of access to all and sundry. Read more

15 April 2016

The Trials of Running Universities in Sierra Leone

When he needs new books to teach one of his courses, Professor Ibrahim Abdullah orders at least two from abroad: one for himself, one to give to the university library. If he needs scholarly articles, he writes to his friends overseas and asks them to send copies, since the university cannot afford journal subscriptions. Read more

1 April 2016

Milton Margai College Observes Graduation Ceremony

A plentiful number of educators, diplomats, politicians and the local populace converged at the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET) to witness the convocation ceremony of graduating students. Read more

The War Against Academic Freedom: FBC and the Case of Prof. Ibrahim Abdullah

Fourah Bay College (FBC), a constituent college of the University of Sierra Leone, has reached the breaking point. Read more

29 February 2016

Schools & Teachers to Be Approved in Kenema District

The Minister of Education Science and Technology (MEST), has called on all and sundry to be patient as the government will soon approve teachers and schools in Kenema district. Read more

November 2015

President Koroma Turns Sod For Police Academy In Bombal The President has pledged his total support and commitment for the construction of the Sierra Leone Police Peacekeeping and Law Enforcement Academy. Read more

University at Heart of Ebola Battle Badly Hit By Deaths As life returns to normal in Sierra Leone following the World Health Organization’s decision to declare the country free of Ebola, it is emerging that one of its universities – which produces the bulk of the country’s health workers – has been badly hit by the loss of key staff. Read more

WAIFEM Trains 30 NRA Staff The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) has commenced a weeklong training programme on report writing skills and presentation techniques for 30 NRA staff. Read more

August 2015

Crown Technical College ‘To Build Middle Manpower’ The Executive Director of Crown Technical University College (CTUC) has said that they are in the country ‘to build middle manpower capacity for national development’. Read more