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    Sierra Leone Begins Free Education

    Over two million Primary and Secondary scholl students in Sierra Leone will benefit from the free education policy of government is will commence this month.

    During his Presidential campaign, President Julius Maada Bio had promised to introduce free qualitative education, this h e restated in mid August, with anohter promise to donate three months of salary to the cause.

    The spokesman for the country's Education Ministry, Michael Turay described the policy as laudable.

    "For the first time in the history of education in Sierra Leone, a political administration is pronouncing free quality education for kids from pre-primary school, right to senior secondary school."

    "This is a very laudable but ambitious national programme," Turay stated.