The Sierra Leonian education system is deplorable. In Sierra Leone, there are no penalties for underachievement for students and teachers. In addition, the nation lacks the rigorous checks and observation common to educational systems in developed nations. There is also a severe lack of school facilities and the literacy rate among all sectors of the population is inadequate for a nation that wishes to escape the bonds of poverty.

It has been suggested that the only way that this nation can reform its education system is for educators and students to be under constant scrutiny, and made to adhere to rigorous standards of excellence. In addition, it has been suggested that Sierra Leone: (1) establish a system of quality checks for the performance of educators and students; (2) measure the success of educators by the performance of their students; (3) end bullying and discrimination; (4) enforce anticorruption laws that pertain to educators; and (5) attempt to maintain coherent classes that can cause cohesion and unity of purpose for students.
Worst of all, medical students in Sierra Leone face enormous challenges when it comes to attaining their necessary training and medical degree or license. The lack of stable and quality postsecondary education in Sierra Leone is one of the many reasons why medical facilities in this country fall so short of those in Europe and North America. Better education and infrastructure is necessary to ensure that Sierra Leone can have proper medical facilities staffed by enough trained professionals to handle the nation’s many medical problems.
Besides better medical infrastructure, the benefits of an adequate education system in Sierra Leone are many. Professional educators may return to the country if the nation is educated along lines that provide for fair treatment and redress of grievances for educators. Without a system to push educators and learners to the standards of developed nations, this system will remain in its current disrepair.