Early Childhood Education a 'National Emergency'
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- 12 Aug 2022
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Two Liberian educators over the weekend described the education sector of the country, particularly the early childhood component, as a national emergency.
In separate statements, Apostle Dr. Lincoln E. R. Cummings and Rev. Andrew S. Fayiah suggested that early childhood education requires a holistic and comprehensive redirection of national programs and policy.
They believe this will enable young Liberians to compete with their peers in the sub-region.
At the sixth graduation ceremonies of the Standard Kids Preparatory School System, they lamented the poor state of early childhood education programs in the country.
The two educators said this is posing a serious threat to the education foundation of young children.
Apostle Dr. Lincoln E. R. Cummings, Senior Pastor of the Victory Christian Church and educator, suggested that special attention needs to be given to the grass root education sector of the country.
He argued that it's a national educational disaster to have a faulty educational foundation which has the potential to cause low reasoning and thought processing.
"We are limited by what we know because nobody can climb beyond the knowledge and information we have [at] our disposal. Therefore, we can't achieve anything beyond that," said Dr. Cummings.
Secondly, he said, people are limited by the strength of their character because their character can not be hidden. Read More...
