Liberia: who governs education

3 government bodies, 2 named officials, 1 programme and 2 policies, from the ministries' own sites.

1 office on this page could not be matched to a current holder, and is shown as unverified rather than dropped. 2 source sites did not fully answer our request; the status is shown on the body it belongs to. Last mined 2026-08-02.

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Government bodies

The ministries, regulators and funds that hold the mandate, with the office holder where we could verify one.

Ministry of Education

"To provide quality education for all and prepare future leaders who are capable of handling the task of nation building, protecting our national heritage and enhancing the socio-economic growth and development for the sustenance of the Liberian state."

Jarso Maley Jallah · Minister of Education
Verified as of 2026-08-01 Source

Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA)

Telecommunications regulator; administers the Universal Access Fund and runs the national school-connectivity programme.

agency Site partly readable Official site Source

Clarence K. Massaquoi · Chairperson, Liberia Telecommunications Authority
Verified as of 2026-07 Source

Holder not verified · Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Checked 2026-08-01; no current holder confirmed from an official source. Source

Universal Access Fund (UAF)

Funds expansion of telecommunications infrastructure into underserved areas; constituted and managed under LTA regulation LTA-REG-0006.

agency Site partly readable Source

Programmes

Named interventions currently running, announced, stalled or ended. A partner entering here joins one of these or explains why not.

School Connect

National programme connecting public high schools to high-speed internet, run by the LTA under its Universal Access Program with the Ministry of Education as partner.

Reach: 155-156 public high schools targeted; 89 connected as of July 2026; expanded by presidential instruction to 184 schools. Beneficiary schools receive a one-year fully funded internet subscription.

active As of 2026-07 Source

Policies and plans

The strategy documents in force. These are what an intervention has to be written into.

Education Sector Plan 2022/23-2026/272022/23-2026/27

Four-year sector plan addressing the most urgent challenges facing Liberia's education sector.

As of 2026-08-01 Source

Equitable Funding Policy for Early Childhood and Primary Education2026-

Policy governing equitable allocation of funding across early-childhood and primary education.

As of 2026-06 Source