This blog highlights a conversation between Marian Abu, Director of Teacher Management at the Teaching Service Commission, and Madleen Frazer, Research Associate at EdTech Hub. Image showing a group of teachers sitting around a table and engaging in an activity. Image credit: EdTech Hub. Like many other low- and middle-income countries, Sierra Leone faces challenges in building an effective teaching…
Historically, the Sierra Leonean government has struggled to attract teachers to work in the most hard-to-reach areas of the country. Today, the country’s education system has one of the highest pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratios in West Africa. The challenge of attracting teachers is most acute for schools in rural locations. Here, the pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio currently sits at 76:1. This ratio compares to…
