The leadership of the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Network of Liberia said it will visit stakeholders in each of the 15 counties, starting from April 26, 2019 to discuss and review matters concerning the improvement of the country’s educational sector. National PTA Network President J. Mason Saweler, told the Daily Observer in an interview on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 that the pending meeting will take his leadership to all the 15 counties to meet with more than 200 parents and teachers across the country. “Our meeting is to solicit parents and teachers’ support for the improvement of the educational sector,” Saweler said. He said the Liberia Education Reform Act of 2011 was meant to decentralize, and also to increase the country’s education budget to 20 percent. Saweler said the meetings would include leaders of parent-teachers associations, religious leaders, women leaders, township commissioners, district commissioners, clan chiefs, paramount chiefs, traditional leaders, disabled leaders, county education officers, and national teachers associations.

Source: Daily Observer March 20, 2019 02:26 UTC