For Immediate Release

Monrovia,Liberia - Further to an earlier communication from the Minister of Finance to the Superintendent of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) expressing concern about the process by which a very huge number of individuals were admitted as volunteer teachers in the MCSS within a relatively short period of time, a high- level meeting involving the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning (MFDP), Civil Service Agency (CSA) and the Ministry of Education was today convened at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.

The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Finance, Hon. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan and attended by the Minister of Education and Co-Chair of the MCSS Board, Dr. Jarso Jallah and the Director General of the CSA, Dr. Josiah F. Joekai, as well as relevant officials from the three institutions.

After a period of deliberation, it was decided that to ensure that the CSA Payroll is not unnecessarily bloated and quality in the MCSS schools is not sacrificed, the Civil Service Agency will immediately deploy teams of verifiers across all MCSS schools to vet and validate the list of volunteer teachers presented by the MCSS Superintendent.

The verification will be conducted over a three-week period, and all those deemed as duly vetted will be regularized on the Government of Liberia Payroll and will thereafter receive all benefits as regular teachers within the public school system.

The government is calling on all MCSS teachers and students to resume classes as the government takes action to address issues and challenges within the MCSS.