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The school system in Sierra Leone mandates 9 years of education but lacks facilities after years of war. Primary education is free for 6 years and junior secondary school is free for 3 additional years, especially benefiting girls in northern and eastern regions. However, many children, especially rural girls, do not receive full educations due to cultural beliefs, lack of support, and early marriage.

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The school system in Sierra Leone mandates 9 years of education but lacks facilities after years of war. Primary education is free for 6 years and junior secondary school is free for 3 additional years, especially benefiting girls in northern and eastern regions. However, many children, especially rural girls, do not receive full educations due to cultural beliefs, lack of support, and early marriage.

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TitleofArticle:SchoolSystemAuthor:Classbase

DirectQuotation:InSierraLeoneinthebightofAfrica,thefirst9yearsofeducationare
mandatoryinlaw,butimpracticalowingtotheshortageoffacilitiesleftoverfromtheravages
ofwar.The6yearsofprimaryeducationarefreetoo,asarethe3yearsthatfollowonatjunior
secondaryschool,atleastforgirlsinthenorthernandeasternregions.Childrenenterjunior
secondaryschoolataroundage12,andstaytheretypicallyuntilage15.Subjectsareacademic.Urban
childrenarestructurallyfavored.Worstoffaregirlsinruralareas,whereculturalbeliefsmaynot
supporttheireducationatall.

Paraphrase:Basicallyinsierraleoneschoolisamandatorything,kidsdonthaveanexcusetomiss
schoolbutyetalotofkidsdo.Thefirstnineyearsarethemostcriticalintheirfirstfewdeveloping
years.Afterthosenineyearstheyfollowthreemoreyearsatwhatweknowasjuniorhighistheirsecondary
school.Theagetheygraduateatis18yearsold.Unlessforsomereasonafamilyeventinterruptstheir
schoolingoryounggirlsgetmarried.

Summary:Overalltheschoolingsystemisanecessarythinginsierraleoneasthereare
notmanyincitiesalloverthereareschoolsinFreetown;thecapitalofsierraleone.
Girlsinthenorthernandeasternregionsgotojuniorsecondaryschoolwhentheiraround
theageof12.Mostgirlswillgraduatebutotherswillbetakenoutofschooland
marriedtoanoldermanforhisownpersonalneeds.Thisissaddeningbecausetheynever
reallygetachanceatawholesomeeducationbutsetupforalifeoffailure.

CitationinMLAformat:http://www.classbase.com/countries/Sierra-Leone/Education-System

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