The lawmaker from the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) Hon. Alpha Ben Mansaray, has said, “Sierra Leone education is falling down as the country cannot be ranked in Africa in terms of education standards.”

Hon. Mansaray called on the approved three commissioners going to the Tertiary Commission to revamp progress in the educational sector.

Immediately when Hon. Mansaray made such a statement, the Parliamentary Chairman on Education, Joseph Lamin, interjected him saying that there is no indication to show that education in Sierra Leone is falling down.

Hon. Lamin asserted that there a lots of students in our universities.

Hon. Ben Mansaray continued that if they Sierra Leoneans failed to identify their problems and continue to showering praises on themselves, they will mislead the president.

He added that Sierra Leone is still battling with the problem of falsification of data.

Before this time, he said, Sierra Leone used to be the hub of Western education, but that is not the case for now.

The Leader of Government Business, Hon. Sahr Mathew Nyuma disagreed with his colleague MP, noting that his colleague hadn’t evidence to indicate that Sierra Leone is falling down.

He believes the country has the best education system in the sub-region.

The names of the approved nominees include: Madam Martha Consilia Kanagbo, Mr Paul Sobba Masaquoi and among others.

Hon. Brima Koroma buttressed Hon. Mansaray saying that before they approved presidential nominees, they had to identify the challenges faced by some of the institutions they are going to occupy.

He asked them to focus on resolving these problems, stressing that there are a lot of challenges in those institutions.

Responding to this, the Speaker of the House of Parliament, Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas admitted that the problem in the educational sector is a blame to be shared with every Sierra Leonean.

Hon. Segepoh Solomon Thomas accused some parents of giving money to teachers and lectures to give grades they don’t deserve to their children.

Hon. Segepoh added that ministries, parents and Sierra Leoneans are responsible of what is happening in the country and so admonished Hon. Mansaray not to play politics while presenting his arguments.

He asserted that teachers and lectures are selling grades to students who do not perform well in their exams.

Hon. Thomas said the problem Sierra Leone is faced with cannot be attributed to a political party or individual and that he said that is more the reason he is advising Hon. Mansaray not to blame a particular government.