Training, inspiring and motivating early grade teachers to strengthen children’s skills in literacy and numeracy (Sierra Leone)
UNICEF, together with Sierra Leone's Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, conducted a national baseline assessment in 2021 to establish the reading and numeracy skills of 4,729 students (2,348 girls) in Grades 2 and 4. The study revealed that nearly a quarter of the 476 teachers surveyed had only a basic education and lacked certified…