By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The latest Afrobarometer survey has revealed that 74% of Sierra Leoneans say the government is doing “fairly well” or “very well” in addressing the country’s educational needs. This rating is significantly higher than the 2015 score, when just 38% of respondents believed that the government was handling educational well.
By Prince J. Musa in Kenema
Some teachers who serve as examiners for the West African Examination Council (WEAC) have threatened to boycott the conduct of upcoming national exams over failure to pay them past allowances.
The aggrieved teachers were speaking during this year’s National Primary School Examination (NPSE) which was conducted on Monday, August 3. They said WAEC had failed to pay them – both invigilators and supervisors - for services rendered last year for conducting the Junior and Senior Secondary School examination (WASSCE and BECE).
By Kemo Cham
Some 30 scientists have begun training as laboratory technicians as part of efforts to boost Sierra Leone’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The training, which is taking place at the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) New England Campus, is sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO).
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone has begun a mass registration exercise of Sierra Leonean nationals residing in the State of Kuwait.
The registration exercise, according to a press statement from the Mission, is aimed at compiling adequate data on all Sierra Leonean migrants in the country as part of efforts to address some of the labor issues they have been grappling with over the years.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Ministry of Health says it's investigating the causes of deaths of eight people across the country from Lassa Fever this year alone.
A team of surveillance officers from the Directorate of Health Security and Emergency in Freetown is in Kenema District this week as part of a fact finding mission.
Lassa fever is a hemorrhagic fever disease, one of the oldest and most deadly illnesses most prevalent in West Africa.
By Francis H. Murray
Chernor Sawaneh, a relative of Kadiatu Yeamie Kargbo, who is deceased, allegedly murdered by four men, testified before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie on Monday in the ongoing preliminary investigations into a two count charge including conspiracy to murder.
The witness recognized all the accused persons, naming the 1st accused as a bike rider, the 2nd as the Chairman for the bike riders and the 3rd accused as the youth Chairman.
By Francis H. Murray
30-year old Osman Kargbo, an office assistant at a business organization called KAN appeared before Magistrate Hannah Bonnie on Monday for preliminary investigations into a one count charge against him for larceny in dwelling house.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
