The prolonged civil war that brought life in Liberia to a standstill for over a decade has left deep wounds that the country is still working to heal more than twenty years after the conflict ended.
While significant interventions have been made in the country’s education sector, low literacy rates persist.
In his post on ISS blog, BlISS, recent MA graduate, Christo Gorpudolo argues that Liberia's low adult literacy rate is not only due to the repercussions of the country's prolongued civil war. His research has revealed that absent fathers could provide another explanation.
During his research in central Liberia, he talked to many young people who were not attending school. He found that all of these children had absent fathers.
Read the full post: 'Is Liberia’s illiteracy problem linked to absent fathers?' Christo Gorpulolo, 10 September 2024.
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