This week, the Charge d’Affaires, a.i., Alyson Grunder, traveled to Nimba and Bong Counties where she visited several USAID beneficiary institutions and delivered opening remarks at the Government of Liberia Joint Education Sector Review (JESR) held on Monday November 18 in Ganta, Nimba County. 

The JESR is an annual event at which the Ministry of Education assesses challenges and opportunities in the education sector and sets forth broad plans to improve the sector in the coming year.  In her remarks,  Charge Grunder said the U.S. Government has a vested interest in an improved Liberian education sector—one that can produce Liberians with the skills to help the US Embassy successfully fulfill its mission in Liberia and, more importantly, contribute to the development of Liberia