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Family Life Education in the Reconstruction Program of Liberia: A Youthful Prospective (Part II)

The Government of Liberia is conscious of the strategic role of higher education for meeting the national manpower needs and for ushering the nation into modernity in science, technology, and development. To this end, Government should take all necessary measures to encourage and promote the partnership with the religious group, individuals and communities in this sector. Government should also encourage any new or emerging partners for as far as the scope and development of such high education institutions conform to the laws and established policies of the Republic of Liberia. Yet still, Liberia is only notable for developing lofty ideas or plans without little or no implementation thereby always wasting scarce and energies from conferences to conferences or from one workshop or seminar to another. Why all the Setbacks? The Education system of Liberia has suffer a tremendous setback as a result of the years of instability which was demonstrated through repeated civil dist...

Family Life Education in the Reconstruction Program of Liberia: A Youthful Prospective (Part I)

You have probably heard of the phrase: ' Family Life Education ', but have you wondered what is Family Life Education? What importance is it in the human resource development and national reconstruction agenda? Or how and why should it be introduced in a Countries national reconstruction drive? These are some of the questions that ran through my mind when I first heard of it-that which led me to do a research. Where is it from? After the fourteen (14) years of civil conflict, there is no doubt that so much of the Liberian life style and standards have been seriously affected as life was lost, infrastructure and other identities destroyed. Not only was there a great loss of lives and properties, but there was also a great neglect of the once respected moral, cultural, religious and educational values across each spectrum of the Liberian society, especially amongst the young people. As a result, they no longer pay attention to their expected attitu...