Liberia: Parents, Teachers Decry 'Deplorable' Conditions at LAC Plantation Schools; Company Says Rehabilitation Works Underway

Liberia, Aug. 17 -- COMPOUND 3, GRAND BASSA COUNTY - Beneath rusted zinc roofs and ceilings marked by years of deterioration, children attending schools operated by the Liberia Agriculture Company (LAC) have been learning in conditions that parents and teachers say are unsafe, unhygienic and unfit for a modern learning environment.

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [e-mail]

A FrontPage Africa investigation into schools across the LAC concession in Grand Bassa County found deteriorating classrooms, damaged doors and windows, cracked walls, failing ceilings, inadequate furniture and sanitation facilities in need of urgent attention.

The investigation also found concerns over overcrowding, limited learning equipmen...