Magburaka Residents urge Government to fulfill TRC Tri-Recommendations for Children’s School Education
By: Alusine Rehme Wilson One of the utmost aims of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Sierra Leone is to ensure that never again violations of human rights such as drugging, forced recruitment, rape, and sexual assault be meted on children as it was during the nation’s civil war. Therefore, the Commission made recommendations on the following areas in order to ensure the welfare of children in Sierra Leone. These include: Child Rights Bill, Age of Majority, Adoptions, Fostering and Guardianship, Early Marriages, Sexual Offences against Children, School Education and Laws on the Employment of Children to ensure that the rights of children are fully protected are to be ensured by the government. Among the areas highlighted above, school education is the prime focus of this publication as it is considered to be the basic building block for national development. The TRC recommendation 385 clearly states that, ‘’The Commission notes that primary school education is supposedly...