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A child learns to write at an Early Childhood Development centre in Minthomore village, Port Loko District.

03 January 2020

Early childhood development

UNICEF is working with the Government and communities to make early moments matter for every child in Sierra Leone.

A group of teachers in a training session

19 January 2023

Reimagining education for children in Sierra Leone

Strengthening teachers’ capacity in teaching early grades

A teacher and some pupils stand in a classroom in Sierra Leone

19 January 2023

Reimagining the future for children in Sierra Leone

Play based early learning promotes pre-reading skills in Sierra Leone

A man reads a book to two girls inside a classroom.

Efforts to improve early childhood learning in Sierra Leone

UNICEF provides important teaching and learning materials to support ECD learning in vulnerable communities

Sierra Leone's Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education launches a report in Freetown

02 February 2022

MBSSE, together with GPE and UNICEF launch study report on National Early Grade Reading Assessment/Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGRA EGMA)

A man holds a report in Freetown.

02 February 2022

Remarks delivered by Ms. Liv Indreiten, UNICEF Deputy Representative

At the national launch of the Early Grade Reading Assessment/Early Grade Mathematics Assessment Report

A child plays outside an ECD centre in Moyamba district

Making the early moments matter for Sierra Leone’s future le

Access to childhood development facilities remains a challenge for children in Sierra Leone

Turning of the sod for construction of Early Childhood Development Centre

31 October 2020

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Global Partnership for Education and UNICEF begin construction of 60 ECD classroom blocks