MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The Ministry of Education has officially launched the Liberia National Academic Excellence Award 2025, celebrating top-performing students and exceptional teachers nationwide.
According to an MOE release, the initiative was introduced by Education Minister Dr. Jarso Jallah on July 31, 2025, at the Liberia Learning Center in Paynesville, Montserrado County.
This year’s edition will recognize seventy-five senior secondary students for their academic achievements. The honorees will participate in a three-day enrichment camp ahead of the awards ceremony, with sessions on leadership, digital literacy, career development, and wellness scheduled from October 30 to November 1 this year.
The award, founded in 2015, has honored more than three hundred fifty students in debate, spelling bee, poetry, and other disciplines. It also acknowledges top graduates from premier institutions such as the Louise Arthur Grimes School of Law and the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine.
Minister Jallah emphasized that investing in education is critical to building future leaders and restoring public trust in Liberia’s education system.
In another development, Education Minister, Dr. Jarso Jallah, has conveyed national condolences and called for truth, justice, and remembrance as pillars of national healing.
Speaking on behalf of President Joseph Boakai, Dr. Jallah led the 35th Anniversary Memorial of the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Massacre in Monrovia, honoring the victims as innocent souls who were brutally killed while seeking refuge in the house of God.
The memorial event was held on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Sinkor—the very site of the 1990 tragedy.
Organized under the theme “We Survived to Change the Future” by the Lutheran Church Massacre Survivors Association (LUMASA), the service drew survivors, community leaders, and members of civil society.
Dr. Jarso Jallah described the massacre as “ A night of unimaginable horror,” stressing that remembrance is more than a ceremonial act—it is a moral duty tied to Liberia’s ongoing pursuit of reconciliation and accountability.