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National Policy on Radical Inclusion in Schools

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

This policy is to ensure the inclusion of marginalised groups in education across the country to protect the constitutional right of all children in Sierra Leone to equal access to quality pre-school, basic and secondary school education. Specifically, the focus of this policy is on girls, especially pregnant girls and parent learners; children with disabilities; children in the rural remote areas; and children from poor/low-income backgrounds.

Sierra Leone 2021 Education

School Health Policy, 2020

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

This policy has the objective to improve the health of school-age children in Sierra Leone. The Vision for the design of the school health policy is to “have a nation with educated, empowered and healthy citizens capable of realising their fullest potential”.

Sierra Leone 2020 Education

School Infrastructure and Catchment Area Planning Policy

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

This policy was designed in accordance with the guiding principles of universal access to quality and equitable education, radical inclusion, comprehensive safety of all learners, and quality teaching and learning. The vision of the policy is that “all Sierra Leonean children, irrespective of their gender, socio-economic, and cultural status, or other limitations, should have access and complete up to thirteen years of quality basic education age (age 5-18), including children living in remote areas shall have access to a quality education and an accessible school place”.

Sierra Leone 2021 Education

National School Feeding Policy 2021

The Policy aims to promote the development of children, local farmers, and the community to ensure that school feeding is recognized and treated as a sustainable program that receives support from various actors.

Sierra Leone 2021 Education

Guidelines for Reducing Violence in School

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

These guidelines are for teachers and school owners and provide guidance on how to prevent, report and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV).

Sierra Leone 2009 Education

National Out of School Children (OOSC) Strategy

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

This Strategy document was developed with cross-sectoral government support in order to improve access to education for the long-run development of young Sierra Leoneans.

Sierra Leone 2022 Education

The Education Act, 2004

Ministry of Education, Sierra Leone

This is an Act to reform the education system, including provision for pre-primary education, technical and vocational training, adult and non-formal education and the role of universities; and to provide for other connected issues.

Sierra Leone 2004 Education

Policy on Teacher-Employer Relations in Sierra Leone

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

The objectives of this policy are to provide clarity and guidance on matters pertaining to the work and well-being teachers. This is include to ensure transparency, equity, and fairness in applying rules and regulations on what teachers do as professionals; how teachers are treated in the school system; the rights, responsibilities and expectations of teachers; and how the teaching force is regulated and governed.

Sierra Leone 2020 Education

Teacher Development & Performance Policy for Sierra Leone

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

This policy aims to ensure ensure transparency, equity, and fairness on how teachers are treated in the country. This also include the professional code of conducts for teachers in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone 2020 Education

Guide to Policy Development Version 2.0

This guide was commissioned to create a shared understanding on the differences between Policy documents, to standardize the Policy development process and ensure coherence and consistency across the Policy process to strengthen education service delivery in Sierra leone.

Sierra Leone 2020 Education

Curriculum Framework

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

This curriculum framework is aimed at enhancing the quality of human capital in the country through up-to-date curriculum development in senior secondary schools across the country.

Sierra Leone 2021 Education

Comprehensive School Safety Policy

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

This policy is designed to provide for the utmost safety of students and teachers, while helping improve teaching and learning within the school environment. This includes protection from physical, mental and sexual abuse and the elimination of natural and human-made hazards. The emphasis is on human rights, universal access, radical inclusion, stakeholder shared responsibility, and conflict sensitivity and peace building.

Sierra Leone 2023 Education

Universities Act, 2021

This Act aims to repeal and replace the existing Universities Act of 2005, including any amendments made to it. The purpose of the Act is to ensure the continuation of the University of Sierra Leone, Njala University, the Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology, and the establishment of new institutions such as Milton Margai Technical University, Eastern Technical University of Sierra Leone, and Kono University of Science and Technology. Additionally, the Act includes provisions for the appointment of Chancellors of Universities by the President and the establishment of other public and private universities. It also addresses other related matters.

Sierra Leone 2021 Education

Sierra Leone Council for Postgraduate Colleges of Health Specialities Act, 2016

This Act was enacted to establish the Sierra Leone Council for Postgraduate Colleges of Health Specialties. The primary aim of the Council is to supervise and coordinate the training of postgraduate health specialists. The Act provides for the establishment of three postgraduate colleges.

Sierra Leone 2016 Education

Students Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act, 2023

Ministry of Education

This is an Act to repeal the Nigerian Education Bank Act, Cap. N104, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and enact the Students Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act, 2023, to provide easy access to higher education for indigent Nigerians through interest-free loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund established in this Act, with a view to providing education for all Nigerians; and for related matters.

Nigeria 2023 Education