{"id":41857,"date":"2026-08-07T18:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41857"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:30:52","slug":"liberia-scraps-primary-school-registration-fees","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/liberia-scraps-primary-school-registration-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia scraps primary school registration fees \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liberia has officially abolished school registration fees for primary education, removing a significant financial barrier that has kept hundreds of thousands of children out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Liberian government confirmed that starting with the upcoming academic year on September 7, all registration fees from kindergarten through grade six will be scrapped across public schools nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The policy shift follows findings detailed in a Human Rights Watch report titled \u201cWithout Education, There Will Be Nothing.\u201d The study revealed that registration fees placed severe strain on low-income and rural households, leaving approximately one-third of Liberian children unable to attend school and forcing many others into child labor or irregular attendance to cover educational costs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Child rights advocates in the country have hailed the initiative as a major milestone for basic education. If fully implemented, the policy is expected to increase enrollment, boost retention rates, and relieve financial distress for struggling families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/HRW&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16021,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-41857","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Liberia scraps primary school registration fees to boost education access","published_date":"2026-08-07 18:29:50","news_description":"Liberia scraps primary school registration fees to boost education access","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41858,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41857\/revisions\/41858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}