Ganta, Nimba County – Over the last four years, Bridge Liberia continues with its commitment as a technical partner to the government through the Ministry of Education in achieving its goals of the Education Sector Plan 2017-2021. Key among them being, to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction of the teaching workforce.
At the start of the Semester 1 break, Bridge has
continued the training and capacity building of teachers in the government
schools that they work with as part of the Liberian Education Advancement
Programme (LEAP).
Bridge Liberia has trained thousands of
government teachers since the start of the programme in 2016. The training
focuses on lesson content delivery & teacher notes use, effective classroom
procedures, student behavior management techniques, student assessment and
feedback, building student and parent relationships etc.
Bridge / Liberian government partnership program
has and continues to impact lives in some of Liberia’s remotest places. Bridge
supports more than 56% of the schools assigned to the LEAP programme.
In the February 2020 training cohort, 163 teachers from seven counties are benefiting from the training in an effort to improve teaching techniques and enhance student learning at their schools.
The training exercise is taking place in Ganta, the second most populous city located in the northern part of the country.The Counties benefiting from the current training include: Lofa, Nimba,Grand Cape Mount, Bong, Montserrado, Grand Bassa and Bomi.
With a few days into the training in Gompa City,
teachers have begun expressing excitement for the level of support they are
getting from the new classroom techniques and teacher technology. County
Education Officers, District Education Officers and other educational
stakeholders in Nimba County also took a glimpse of the new approach to
teaching by attending a few sessions.
The teachers are in Ganta for ten days of
intensive training that includes new ways to manage classrooms. Several drills
(singing and dancing or recitations) are being practiced, meant to be used in
their respective classrooms that motivate students and improve their learning
habits.
According to a World Bank report, 62% of
teachers in Liberia are not qualified. Continuous teacher training and capacity
building is key to accelerating quality teaching to achieve high learning
outcomes.
