Placing a premium on Education in developing the human capital resources of the country,  His Excellency President, Dr.Julius Maada Bio has made history again by deeping his hand into his pocket to pay teachers to teach school-goers free of cost across the Country including Makeni which is the main opposition party (APC Terrorists) strongest hold.

President Bio’s Summer School is successful, especially in Makeni which has two schools or centers for learners to converge for classes. When the initiative was launched early this month, the APC terrorist tried to politicize it but as it progresses, seeing effective teaching and learning going on by the well-motivated teachers, opposition thinkers started to overstand that President Bio meant well for the Nation. Since he became President,  Maada Bio has been working round the clock to ensure that the Government’s Free Quality Education flagship program succeeds not only for the good of the Nation and in restoring the Country as the Athens of Africa where all Nations will come to acquire formal Education. “The summer school is apolitical”, observers informed Uncle Sankara Media Platform in Makeni. The free summer school is believed to have come at the right time when ill-motivated APC Terrorists use juveniles as tools to perpetuate violence like what happened on August 10th, 2022 which led to the arrest of over ninety suspects from Makeni apart from the five arrested children who also came from Makeni.

Beneficiaries of Alhadi Islamic Secondary School, at Sesay Street, and those at the Benevolent Secondary School have expressed their profound gratitude to his Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio for his initiative to engage them during the holidays. They confirmed that the classes would assist them, especially those who will take public exams. “What more can he do to make some people understand that he means well for the country?’ Is in the lips of the growing number of supporters in the Bombali district.

Mohammed Bundu Barrie, a pupil of the Alhadi Islamic Secondary School, together with  Kadiatu S Kamara of the UMC Secondary School,  expressed their gratitude to President Bio for his laudable initiative.

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Hassan Timbo, a teacher, said they are there to promote the Free Quality Education and in service to Mama Salone.

Peter Conteh of Sylvanus Municipal Academy called for continuity of the President’s summer School. He said the program should not be politicized but seen as a big blessing.

The Registrar for the Makeni branch of President Bio’s self-funded summer school, Sheikh Issa Kargbo has confirmed that classes are going on smoothly with the atmosphere being very conducive. Even as the summer school is rapping up because of the opening of schools, he is still encouraging parents to send their kids or wards to attend the free-of-cost high-quality summer school rolled out by our Head of State targeting thousands of Sierra Leoneans with Teachers highly motivated. He has been using public platforms to encourage parents to send their kids to benefit from summer school.

It could be recalled that when the APC was in power under Ernest Bai Koroma, the Educational Sector was in perpetual shamble as they were head bent on finding ghost workers until some of the ghost searchers became ghosts themselves.

The Minister by then, Dr. Minkailu Bah served for two terms just searching for ghost workers unlike the current Ministers of both Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Dr. David Sengeh, and the seasoned politician, Dr. Alpha Wurie who happens to be the Minister of Tertiary Education who have been helping the President to achieve his goal.

President Bio’s Summer School was launched on 5th August 2022 and is expected to last for four weeks.