Liberia, May 21 -- Human Rights Watch also highlighted the broader challenges to education quality, including overcrowded classrooms, inadequate infrastructure, low teacher salaries, and heavy reliance on volunteer teachers.

In some schools, the report reveals, classes of 80 to 100 students are common, and volunteers - many unpaid for years hoping to get a paid position, make up a large share of the teaching workforce.

Low Public Investment In Education, Below Average Among ECOWAS Member States

HRW asserts that Liberia's education system continues to face the long-term effects of civil wars, the Ebola epidemic, and the Covid-19 pandemic.

It indicates that public investment in education remains low, stressing that the 2026 education bu...