The Sites

Liberia

Our Current Work

Serving children at government-run primary schools

We launched a two-school pilot with Rising Academy Network in September 2022, expanding to an additional 59 schools by September 2024. Given no clear path to national scale at this point, Imagine’s support of the program will continue only through 2026.

Liberia Impact At a Glance

Children Served

12,298

Schools

98

Tablets Distributed

1,879

Hours on Tablet

146,691

Early Pilots and Evidence-Building in Liberia

The pilot, in partnership with Rising Academies, was critical for testing and building out scale models in new contexts.

Pilot at Government-run Primary Schools

We served children in two government-run schools under the Partnership Schools for Liberia program

• Location: Montserrado County, Liberia
• Curriculum and Language of Instruction: Math and Literacy (in English)
• Research Focus: How well is the delivery model working? How suitable is the intervention for learners at the different grade levels?
• Type of Study: Implementation Feasibility Study

State of Education in Liberia

Liberia is significantly behind many other African countries in nearly all education statistics

Liberia’s completion rates are low, with only 10% of boys and 11% of girls completing primary school. Gender inequalities also exist in Liberia’s education system, with child marriage a significant issue for young girls. Historical challenges remain from a prolonged period of civil unrest followed by the 2015 school closure due to the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Population (2023): 5.4 million

Student-to-teacher ratio (2017): 22.32

Primary School completion rate (2024): 31%

Minimum reading proficiency achieved by the end of primary: 14%

Official literacy rate (15+): 48%

Liberia Partners

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Locations: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania

Role: Software

Rising Academy Network

Locations: Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Role: Implementation