Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
on Saturday 15th October 2016 estimated a whooping fiscal year budget of
Le389,858,000,000(($55,694,000)) at the budget hearing session at the Miatta
conference hall in Freetown.
Adama Momoh, Director of Policy and Planning, while giving a power point presentation and a breakdown on the estimated amount, stated that the ministry needs an Administrative cost of 6,823,400,000 (six
billion eight hundred and twenty three million four hundred thousand Leones)
and also the sum of 1,766.7 of the budgeted amount will be directed to the
Directorate of Planning and Policy in the ministry.
She furthered that the directorate of Educational programmes will
be earning the sum of 61,080,700,000 (sixty one billion eighty million and
seven hundred thousand Leones) while the Higher Education and Technical and
Vocation Education takes 209,894,900,000 (two hundred and nine billion eight
hundred and ninety four million nine hundred thousand Leones).
Adama also noted that the ministry budgeted the sum of 996,900,000
(nine hundred and ninety six million nine hundred thousand Leones) to the
Non-Formal Education and a sum of 113,200,000 (one hundred and thirteen million
two hundred thousand Leones) to the Directorate of National Curriculum and
Research.
She pointed out that the ministry projected the sum of
106,766,400,000 (one hundred and six billion seven hundred and sixty six
million four hundred thousand Leones) to the National School Feeding Secretariat
and a sum of 1,129,500,000 (one billion one hundred and twenty nine million
five hundred thousand Leones) to the Teaching Service Commission.
Madam Momoh also asserted that the Ministry apportioned the sum of
1,286,300,000 to both the Directorate of Inspectorate and the Science and
Technology Council respectively.
In outlining the key deliverables of the Ministry for 2017, Adama
noted that the Education Ministry plans to enroll functional school
broadcasting and education radio and that the ministry will be procuring
1.9million readers for classes 1 to 3 pupils in the country.
She further stated that the education ministry will be embarking
on a school feeding program for 1.2million pupils in government and government assisted primary schools and a
functioning school feeding secretariat in the country.
Adama Momoh also pointed out that the education ministry will also
get on an additional construction of 500 hundred class rooms in schools that
are critically overcrowded and payment of fees subsidy for all government and government assisted primary school.
She confirmed that the ministry also intends to pay tuition
fee for 150,000 girls in junior secondary school and also establish a new
national curriculum for Technical Vocation Educational training centers across
the country.
Source: Sierraloaded
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