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| Sierra Leone health officials check passengers transiting at the border crossing with Liberia in Jendema, March 28, 2015 |
CBS/APApril 14, 2015
Freetown, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone kids going back to
school after the Ebola outbreak has forced the closure, about nine months ago.
The government and the UN organization for children said that more than 8,000 schools begin reopening Tuesday, with more than 1.8 million children will eventually participate.
UNICEF Representative in Sierra Leone Roeland Monasch said on Tuesday that it affected an important step towards the normalization of life in Sierra Leone, the nation hardest hit by the disease, and that education is a key component of the recovery.
Sierra Leone Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, said he hopes that the curricula of the year are still covered.
UNICEF Sierra Leone says it has facilitated the training of 9,000 teachers in the Ebola prevention, safety and psycho-social support.
The Ebola crisis is estimated that more than 25,500 people infected and killed 10,587.
Alfred Palo Conteh, head of the Ebola response from Sierra Leone, in early April that the country "conquered the Ebola disease and we are now at the end of the tail."
Others, however, pointed out that there is still much to be done to get rid of the disease in the country.
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