Education experts say the termination of a USAID program, that funded scholarships to aspiring teachers could undermine government efforts to recruit qualified staff for public schools.
Advocates urged government to support students affected by the program’s closure, to complete their education and help address the country’s teacher shortage.
As Garmai Tarnue reports for Radio Gbarnga in collaboration with New Narratives, dozens of beneficiaries on the scholarship in Cuttington University are facing difficult choices.

New Narratives’ Garmai Tarnue reports from Bong County for Radio Gbarnga.

This report is a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the “Investigating Liberia” project. Funding was provided by the Swedish embassy in Liberia which had no say in the story’s content.