By Sylvester W. Korwor, LINA Bong County Correspondent
GBARNGA April 23 (LINA) – The Ministry of Education through its Assistant Minister for Early Childhood Education (ECE) Fasan Howard Nyensuah has encouraged parents to send their children to school at age three in order to afford them a solid academic foundation.
Speaking to the Liberia News Agency (LINA) in an interview in Gbarnga on Monday April 20, 2026 Assistant Minister Nyensuah said, when children are sent to school at the age of three, their academic foundation becomes very solid when they reach the age of five.
The Ministers began a three-day visit to the county on Monday April 20, 2026 as part of activities marking the official celebration of “the week of the young child”. According to her, the celebration is held across the country.
She disclosed that in 2025, the week of the young child was celebrated in two counties including Montserrado and Lofa respectively.
Giving further details of the celebration the MOE Assistant Minister said, her team, ECE teachers and administrators including the county education officer Mr. David V. Boakai and District Education Officers interacted (play games) with the kids from 20 schools.
The celebration, she added, is also meant to motivate the kids, caretakers and parents to send their children to school, and to also appreciate teachers for the services they rendered to humanity and society.
She described ECE students as “kids in school from beginner to kindergarten two classes” disclosing that on Tuesday April 21, there will be teachers workshop followed by parade and indoor program on Wednesday April 22 all at the Catholic Compound in Gbarnga.
Meanwhile, Minister Nyensuah has emphasized the need to give children nutritional attention and a conducive learning environment where the parents should ensure that the community is clean and free from harmful objects that children could easily take and put in their mouths and get sick.
“Bong County People are blessed to have such a huge ECE structure. I want to see the best ECE with appropriate chairs, tables, conducive classrooms and well equipped”, she stated.
According to her, the newly erected ECE school in the Brooklyn Community in Gbarnga will be opened with five students per classroom, adding that parents should be able to identify their children by names.
Minister Nyensuah then disclosed that the government through the Ministry of Education headed by Dr. Marlay Jaso Jallah is still trying to work with a lot of schools.