Ebola-hit Sierra Leone Launches School by Radio and TV

Sierra Leone has launched an ambitious schooling effort for more than a million children denied education due to the Ebola epidemic, saying lessons would be delivered via radio. 

Classes in a variety of subjects will be broadcast for four hours, six days a week, on 41 radio stations and the country's sole TV channel. 

Sierra Leone's Education Minister, Minkailu Bah, says the plan is to provide a suitable option for the school-going population as the entire school system has been disrupted since the outbreak of the Ebola disease, adding that schools have been closed since the government announced a state of emergency in July in response to the epidemic. 

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