Published: January 28, 2026
TUBMANBURG, Bomi County – Hundreds of students in Bomi County remain without a proper learning environment more than a year after the government pledged to renovate Bomi Junior High School.
Despite repeated assurances from education authorities, the long-promised rehabilitation of the public school has yet to begin, leaving the campus abandoned and students displaced.
In early November 2025, Deputy Minister for Instruction at the Ministry of Education, Amos Fully, announced that renovation works on the school would commence within one week. He said the project would include upgraded classrooms, administrative offices, and modern learning facilities—an intervention expected to restore academic momentum in the county.
Months later, no work has started.
Abandoned Campus, Broken Promises
A recent media visit to the Bomi Junior High School campus revealed a disturbing scene. The once-functional six-classroom complex remains deserted, with no construction materials, contractors, or visible government activity on site.
Academic activities have ceased entirely, forcing hundreds of students to rely on temporary arrangements and deepening uncertainty about their educational future.
The prolonged delay has fueled frustration among students, some of whom reportedly considered demonstrations in 2025 to demand action on a commitment first made as far back as September 2024.
“We were told help was coming,” one student said. “But the school is still in ruins.”
Students, Administrators Appeal for Intervention
The issue resurfaced publicly during Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe’s 2025 Annual Legislative Report to the people of Bomi County, where students and school administrators appealed directly for urgent intervention.
They cited severe classroom shortages, inadequate teaching staff, unsafe and unconducive learning conditions, and frequent disruptions to academic programs—conditions they warned continue to undermine education outcomes in the county.
Matter Taken to the Senate
Following the appeal, Senator Snowe formally raised the matter during a plenary session of the Liberian Senate, describing the learning environment at the school as deplorable and unsafe.
He disclosed that the condition of the campus had forced authorities to shut down the school and relocate students to the C. H. Dewey High School auditorium, a temporary measure he said was unsustainable.
Snowe urged the Senate Committees on Education, Ways, Means, Finance, and Budget to intervene urgently.
“It is both embarrassing and unacceptable,” the senator told plenary, “that a public junior high school located just outside Monrovia remains in this state of neglect.”
“Our children deserve better learning conditions,” he added.
A Growing Accountability Gap
Despite repeated public announcements, the Ministry of Education has provided no clear explanation for the continued delay, including whether funds were allocated or released, who is responsible for implementing the project, or when construction is expected to begin.
As months pass without visible progress, stakeholders increasingly question whether bureaucratic delays, funding constraints, or administrative failures are responsible for the stalled renovation.
Education Hanging in the Balance
What began as an infrastructure issue has now become a broader test of government accountability and political will.
For students crowded into borrowed spaces and makeshift classrooms, each day without progress compounds learning disruptions and threatens academic performance.
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