11/06/2026
Students Learn Under Leaking Roofs as Tubmanville E, J & SHS Battles Deplorable Conditions.
Joseph Sankey Carteh ✍️✍️✍️
TUBMANVILLE CITY, Lower Kpanyan District- What was expected to be a moment of excitement and pride at Tubmanville Elementary, Junior, and Senior High School quickly turned into a scene of disappointment of students learning condition. A visit to the institution in Electoral District #1, Sinoe County, revealed students struggling to learn in classrooms flooded by rainwater due to severe structural leakages and deteriorating facilities.
This situation has been described a disturbing learning environment where the county’s future leaders sat on wet benches, with books and notebooks soaked, as water dripped continuously from damaged ceilings. Teachers reportedly did their best to continue lessons, but the conditions made teaching and learning nearly impossible during rainfall. Many described the situation as heartbreaking and unfit for any child.
The irony is not lost on community members. Golden Veroleum Liberia, a major concession company, occupies an estimated 50% of the land in the area. Yet children from the host community of Tartweh attend classes under leaking roofs without adequate desks, windows, or protection from the elements. Residents say this stark contrast reflects years of neglection by both government and corporate stakeholders.
This raises a painful question: what wrong have the people of Tartweh committed to deserve this treatment? This question have been asked by community dwellers . We are Liberians. Our children deserve better from the national government, the county caucus, and the companies operating on our land. The community is now demanding accountability for what they call a clear failure of duty to provide basic educational infrastructure.
Responsibility for the crisis, locals say, rests with multiple actors the Ministry of Education, the Sinoe County Administration led by Superintendent Hon. Alexander Nah sleweon, District #1 Representative Hon. Thomas Romeo Quioh, Senators Augustine S. Chea and Senator Crayton Oldman Duncan, and Golden Veroleum Liberia. Community leaders argue that every institution benefiting from Sinoe’s resources must invest in the welfare of Sinoe’s children.
In response, CDILL – Community Development Insight of Lawmaker Liberia are appealing for urgent intervention. The organization calling on county leaders, meaningful Sinoeans, NGOs, and donors both at home and in the diaspora to support immediate renovation of the school’s roofing, classrooms, and learning materials. “Our children cannot wait, and the future of Sinoe cannot wait,” the appeal stated.
