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New Publication: ‘A Framework For Citizenship Education In Sierra Leone’

29 April 2004

Following 11 years of civil strife and violence, the people of Sierra Leone are once again on the road to development and advancement, restoring their country to what was once called the 'Athens of Africa'. 

In a foreword to a new book, 'A Framework for Citizenship Education in Sierra Leone', the country's Minister of Education, Science and Technology Dr Alpha Wurie, writes: "As a consequence of our experience, i.e. 'what life has taught us', we are now striving to sustain the hard-earned peace and build a foundation for a peace that will last."

With this in mind, the Education Ministry of Sierra Leone, with the support of the Commonwealth Secretariat and civil society partners, has forged a consensus on the education of the country's citizens through a National Policy for Education. 

'A Framework for Citizenship Education in Sierra Leone' is a new publication by the Secretariat and the Sierre Leone Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in association with the British Council that forms an important component of Sierra Leone's education policy. 

It articulates the restoration of citizenship education as an essential aspect of the curriculum at all levels of academia.

Dr Wurie says his Ministry has developed a peace education curriculum for primary schools, and that the aspirations of the Framework for Citizenship Education will provide a firmer and broader base for additional inclusive participation to develop an all-round curriculum for both formal and non-formal education.  

This new publication aims to lay the basis for the provision of a single Curriculum Framework for Citizenship Education in Sierra Leone. The framework is a direct result of a consultative process aimed at complementing and consolidating a number of citizenship-related initiatives within and outside government circles in Sierra Leone, in the context of the post-conflict reconstruction efforts led by national and international agencies including the Commonwealth Secretariat. This publication will be useful to educationists and curriculum planners seeking to develop citizenship education in their country. 

Published by: Commonwealth Secretariat and Sierra Leone Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, in association with the British Council

ISBN: 0-85092-772-2; 82 pages; price: £8.50

HOW TO ORDER

This title can now be bought online at http://www.publications.thecommonwealth.org/. A full online catalogue of Commonwealth Secretariat publications can be viewed on the site, which provides a secure online buying facility, and orders can also be made through e-mail or by post. Pre-payment is essential. Payment by sterling cheque, international money order, postal order or bank draft must accompany your order. Payment should be in sterling, drawn on a UK bank and made out to the Commonwealth Secretariat. If you require the order form as an attachment in Word format please e-mail Rupert Jones-Parry of the Publications Section (see address below). Post and packaging charges should be added to every order in the following way: UK orders: 15 per cent of order value (minimum charge £2.00). Non-UK orders: 25 per cent of order value (minimum charge £3.50).

Send orders to: Rupert Jones-Parry, Publications Section, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7747 6342; Fax: +44 (0)20 7839 9081; E-mail: r.jones-parry@commonwealth.int.

 

CNIS - the Commonwealth News and Information Service Issue 181   28 April 2004