The Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) provides primary and secondary education to the population of the

Monrovia Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...

metropolitan area,

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. The MCSS was established by government charter in 1964 under the ''Act to Amend the Education Law to Create the Monrovia Consolidated School System''.

History

Prior to the creation of the MCSS, schools in Monrovia were individually administered by principals reporting directly to the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

. A Memorandum of Understanding, the preliminary step to the establishment of the system, was signed on 28 February 1963.

Schools

* Nathaniel Varney Massaquoi School

References

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