Capitol Hill Monrovia – The House of Representatives’ joint Committee on Education and Judiciary has begun scrutinizing a bill seeking to legislate the payment of free tuition for students attaining undergraduate studies at all public universities and colleges. It comes a little over two years after President George Weah, invoking his executive powers, declared tuition free for undergraduate students attending public universities and colleges across Liberia. In a communication petitioning the House to pass the bill, Rep. Fallah said the law will sustain the free tuition and WASSCE payment schemes launched by the President, even after the CDC-led Government. In addition to their statutory functions, the bill calls on the MFDP and MOE to take full responsibility of the program. ProhibitionPart VI of the act prohibits any student staying extremely long at any public university or college, and called for said student to be dropped.

Source: Front Page Africa January 18, 2021 02:15 UTC