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Education for all Coalition Sierra Leone (EFA-SL) in partnership with Plan International Sierra Leone engaged communities in the Western Area Urban, Western Area Rural and Port Loko District on the 12th 13th and 14th January 2023 to raise awareness on two government policies to improve education for all in Sierra Leone which are the Education Sector Plan and the National Policy on Radical Inclusion policy. The engagements in the different districts brought key community members together for them to understand what are government plans to improve education for all in Sierra Leone. During these engagements sessions, statements were made by community leaders, Chief Pa Alimamy Kamara in Kanikay in his statement said that government has done a lot to make sure that our children go to school and stay in school and complete school, he further said that for the radical inclusion policy to succeed best government should empower community leaders to in turn engage families to understand the importance of education to children especially the girl child.
The above activity is part of the Gender at the Centre Initiative (GCI) project supported by UNGEI. The project is being implemented in 4 regions in the Sierra Leone; Western Urban, Western Rural, Port Loko and Moyamba District with the aim to achieve gender equality in schools by creating a protective and empowering environment for girls in the community and at schools.
