About the Education Knowledge Platform

This platform is for everyone with an interest in Sierra Leone’s basic and secondary education system – whether you’re working in a school, district management or national government. Learners and the wider community who are seeking information and resources are also welcome.

It offers hundreds of resources to strengthen quality teaching and build safe, inclusive learning environments, including policies, guides, templates and research. For example, on the site you’ll find the National Referral Protocol, Teacher Code of Conduct, Pupil handbooks, Lesson plans and syllabus materials, plus much more.

The platform is fully searchable, allowing you to find exactly what you need. Search and filter by topic, school level or your role in the education system.

Using this platform

Teachers

A classroom where a teacher in a blue t-shirt is drawing diagrams on the blackboard. Pupils dressed in blue uniforms are sitting at their desks and looking at him with attention.Teachers can access resources and tools to support professional development, and deliver quality, safe and inclusive learning environments, including key policies that teachers must follow.  
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Principals & School Leaders

A classroom with two school leaders talking in front of the blackboard to several boys sitting on the benches and listening carefully. Leaders and Principals can find  polices and resources to strengthen school performance, support teacher development, guide decision-making, and build inclusive schools.
Find Principal resources
Find School Leader resources

District & National Education Staff

A classroom with a teacher doing a presentation to his pupils. In the first rows, some pupils dressed in dark green uniforms are paying attention. At the back, a supervisor is using a tablet to record monitoring data. District Education Officers and government staff will find frameworks for school support and supervision, policy briefings, research findings, monitoring data and guidance on managing teachers to improve learning.
Find District Staff resources
Find National Staff resources

Parents/Caregivers & Community

A girl, wearing a red uniform and hat, is reading happily a green textbook in front of the blackboard.Parents, caregivers, learners and community members can find materials to help support children's learning, engage in education best practice and keep schools accountable.
Find Parent/Caregiver resources
Find Community resources

Spotlight Topics

Radical inclusion
School safety
Quality teaching
School leadership

Useful Links

  1. Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education

  2. DSTI Education Data Hub

  3. Sierra Leone Learning Passport

  4. School Leadership Programme

How to Find Resources

The platform offers a variety of ways to search and find what you need.

  1. Use the search bar to browse the entire site. It will return all documents that relate to the terms that you use.
  1. Select your audience via the home page. This will return all resources and information relevant to a specific role, e.g. documents for teachers, education managers, parents or pupils.
  1. Focus on specific document types using the navigation tabs. Choose from one of the top tabs to find a list of resources grouped by purpose, e.g. policy documents or teaching guides.

Once you’ve accessed a list of resources, you can narrow your search by applying filters. Simply choose the school level, year of publication or theme that you want and it will return only the resources relevant to your selection.