MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Monday, December 15, 2025, officially launched the Excellence in Learning in Liberia (EXCEL) Project at Monrovia City Hall, promising a transformative shift in the nation’s education sector. The project, he said, reflects Liberia’s commitment to ensuring quality education for every child and building the country’s human capital for the future.
“Every Liberian child, no matter where that child is born or raised, deserves quality education and a real opportunity to succeed,” President Boakai declared in his address, emphasizing the importance of education as a cornerstone of national development.
The EXCEL Project, supported by the MAKE Group from Korea, is designed to benefit more than 350,000 children and provide enhanced training and support to over 15,000 teachers across Liberia. It focuses on four key areas: improving equitable access to primary education with 100 climate-resilient schools, implementing a school capitation grant program to incentivize performance and excellence, establishing school-based violence prevention programs, and strengthening systems for foundational learning through timely school censuses and national primary learning assessments.
President Boakai underscored that education reform under EXCEL is more than a program; it is an investment in Liberia’s future. “This is an impactful investment that will pay dividends in higher productivity, reduced inequality, empowered girls, stronger communities, and a more competitive nation,” he said.
The President also called on educators, parents, community leaders, and development partners to take full ownership of the initiative, while urging the Legislature to support the timely ratification of financing for the project.
“The classrooms of today must become the engines of prosperity tomorrow,” President Boakai said. “Let us make excellence not the exception, but the standard for education in Liberia.”
The launch of the EXCEL Project marks a major milestone in Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, signaling a bold step toward a stronger, safer, and more resilient education system nationwide.
