Education

In 2016, the Nyonblee Cares Foundation, in collaboration with Wahjay-Stem established the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM Education) curriculum for Liberian Students, most especially, students in Grand Bassa County. The goal for the curriculum was to become the gateway to students interested in the fields of accounting, engineering, graphic design, medicine, teaching and other areas.

The STEM fields are becoming progressively significant every year in the 21st century. In this age of digitalization, STEM Education continues to contribute tremendously to improved technological innovations and advancement around the world. However, one of the major problems challenging the advancement of these industries in Liberia is the lack of qualified young students to fulfill the roles of the country’s impending technicians, engineers and inventors.

TLiberia’s biggest National problem is illiteracy, lack of resources and the will to educate. Thousands of kids are not in school because their parents cannot afford to send them, coupled with the fact that public schools can only accommodate 10% of underprivileged students. The foundation’s goals are to help reduce the illiteracy rate by having the available resources, to add additional classes and enroll more students before the end of 2019.

Have you heard of, “ Hooked on Phonics”? Well most Liberian teachers were not familiar with the Hooked on Phonics learning materials. The Nyonblee Cares Foundation thought this program would be an effective reading tool for standardized elementary education in Grand Bassa County. In order to effectively teach the curriculum, 140 elementary school teachers were trained to teach the program. The goal is to standardize elementary education in Grand Bassa County and to ensure that every student reads at his or her level, as of first grade. Training was for one week and the Logic Group of Teachers, an organization of trained and qualified teachers, were hired for this training. The outcome has been amazing!

Thanks to the sponsorship support of the Nyonblee Cares Foundation, the Grand Bassa County Robotic Team’s brilliant and outstanding performance in the 2019 World Championship, the team of young unexposed students was ranked among the Top 50 performing teams out of 6,500 teams drawn from 41 countries around the world. The team was also recognized by receipt of the “INSPIRE” award in the category for science.

Thanks to the sponsorship support of the Nyonblee Cares Foundation, the Grand Bassa County Robotic Team’s brilliant and outstanding performance in the 2019 World Championship, the team of young unexposed students was ranked among the Top 50 performing teams out of 6,500 teams drawn from 41 countries around the world. The team was also recognized by receipt of the “INSPIRE” award in the category for science.