A Joint Committee on Education, Judiciary, Labor, Youth and Sports and the Ways, Means and Finance of the House of Representatives is reviewing an Act entitled: “National Student Cadet Act of 2018.”The Joint Committee has been mandated by the Plenary on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 during the 13th day sitting of the House of Representatives to study the Act and report to it in two weeks. The proposed law is intended to assist impoverished parents and guardians and self-supported students as well as to prevent mass dropout due to the high cost of education throughout Liberia. The House’s decision to review the Act was prompted by a communication from Sinoe County District #1 Representative Crayton O. Duncan. Rep. Duncan said the Act, when approved, would empower Liberian students through the institutionalization of the National Student Cadet Program where students would be financially empowered through the direct support of government and business partners. He argued that “Liberia has developed a number of key national documents on education.

Source: Daily Observer February 28, 2018 02:30 UTC