##### The Sites

# Liberia

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###### Our Current Work

### Serving children at government-run primary schools

We launched a two-school pilot with [Rising Academy Network](https://www.risingacademies.com/) 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

##### [onebillion](https://onebillion.org/)

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

Role: Software

##### [Rising Academy Network](https://www.risingacademies.com/)

Locations: Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Role: Implementation