We launched a two-school pilot with Rising Academy Network in September 2022, expanding to an additional 20 schools in January 2023. We plan to roll out to 95 schools by September 2024, serving over 20,000 students per year.
Government Partners
Montserrado, Liberia
Montserrando, Bomi, River Gee, Sinoe, and Grand Bassa Counties
Serving students in grades 1-6 at schools that receive management support as part of LEAP (Liberia Education Advancement Program)
Implementation Partner:
Rising Academy Network
Current Students: 8,217
Current Schools: 61
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Liberia was already faced with the challenge of emerging from a prolonged and brutally destructive period of civil unrest followed by the 2015 school closure due to the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) outbreak.
Population: 5.18 million
Children out-of-school (percentage of primary school age): 21%
Student-to-teacher ratio: 22.32
Primary School completion rate: 60.6%
Minimum reading proficiency achieved by the end of primary: 14%
Official literacy rate: 48.30%
