Liberia: Boakai, Unicef Intensify Drive to Return 250,000 Children to School By 2029

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has intensified his administration’s campaign to return 250,000 out-of-school children to classrooms by 2029, with UNICEF pledging continued technical and data support as Liberia moves from planning into nationwide implementation.

President Boakai made the call Friday, August 14, 2026, when he convened the National Steering Committee of the Back to My Classroom Campaign (BTMC) at the Executive Mansion’s President’s Tea House in Monrovia.

The meeting brought…