6 government bodies, 6 named officials, 7 programmes and 4 policies, from the ministries' own sites.
3 source sites did not fully answer our request; the status is shown on the body it belongs to. Last mined 2026-08-02.
BOMAtlas indexes 10 research institutions in Sierra Leone from the Research Organization Registry.
The ministries, regulators and funds that hold the mandate, with the office holder where we could verify one.
Pre-primary, primary, junior and senior secondary education; owner of the Free Quality School Education flagship, EMIS, and the Education Data Hub.
Conrad Sackey · Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Tertiary education and TVET (technical/vocational education and training); split from the basic-education portfolio.
Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie · Minister of Technical and Higher Education
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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National ICT, digital transformation and innovation policy; oversees four directorates and six agencies including the National Communications Authority, the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre.
Salima Monorma Bah · Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Statutory body (TSC Act 2011) that manages the affairs of teachers: recruitment, registration and licensing, professional development, and workforce management in government and government-assisted schools.
Lans Keifala · Chair, Teaching Service Commission
Verified as of 2025-02-03
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Sorie Ibrahim Turay · Secretary, Teaching Service Commission
Verified as of 2025-02-03
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Head-of-government coordination office; relevant here because the incumbent is the architect of the education-reform and data agenda and holds the Chief Innovation Officer role.
Dr. David Moinina Sengeh · Chief Minister of Sierra Leone
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Statutory regulator of Sierra Leone's telecommunications and ICT sector: fair competition, consumer protection and universal access to digital connectivity.
Named interventions currently running, announced, stalled or ended. A partner entering here joins one of these or explains why not.
Flagship national program: fee subsidies, teacher recruitment, textbook distribution and school feeding across approved schools.
Reach: 3,044 schools approved, ~2.2M pupils served (per country profile sourced to mbsse.gov.sl)
MBSSE's national education data platform (digitized Annual School Census, EMIS); being rebuilt as a DHIS2-based learner-centered system with a unique learner ID (ULID) linked to NCRA national IDs, announced April 2026.
Reach: Aggregate hub rolling out across all 16 districts; ULID piloting in 4 districts (20+ schools each) before national scale.
Solar-powered tablets with adaptive literacy/numeracy software, no internet or grid power required; formal government agreement to serve 750 schools (~250,000 students/year) by end of 2026, continuing through 2028 with an eye to national scale.
Reach: 339,000+ children across 751 schools
UK-supported secondary education improvement program featured on the MBSSE site.
UNICEF/ITU Giga country program: all ~11,000 schools mapped, 117-school connection project completed, 43-school pilot, expansion toward 400+ schools with mixed last-mile technologies.
Reach: ~205 schools connected of ~11,000 mapped (roughly 2%)
World Bank-funded flagship digital government/connectivity initiative ($50 million grant) led by MoCTI.
Expansion of high-speed fibre connectivity to districts, schools, hospitals and communities.
The strategy documents in force. These are what an intervention has to be written into.
Guarantees school access for historically excluded groups: girls (including pregnant learners), children with disabilities, rural and low-income children.
National policy on school safety listed among MBSSE's current policy instruments.
Sierra Leone's overarching digital and innovation strategy, published by MoCTI.
National cybersecurity strategy; carries the national initiative on online child protection in the absence of a standalone child-online-safety policy.