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The catastrophe performance of Liberian students on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations illustrates the dire state of the country’s education sector.  The performance in the last two years is the worse in the educational history of the nation and says much about how badly the quality of education has plummeted mainly as a result of the prolonged conflict that affected all fabrics of the country’s vital systems. 

Over two years of establishment as Liberia’s Anti-Corruption Strategy coordinating body, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has yet to prove to citizens and the international community that it possesses the verve to effectively execute its mandate of leading the national anti-corruption battle. At its establishment, many, particularly civil society and prodemocracy champions, were of the notion that corruption had become a risky business and that an end to impunity had finally dawn. Even hardcore members of corrupt cartels as well as potential corrupters became uneasy and began frustratingly envisaging their fates like mice at the sudden appearance of an intruding cat.

–    Liberia’s Security Undermine
Call it extortion or willing giving. The fact remains that corruption is often a two-way street that accommodates two travelers – the demander and the supplier. In other words, corruption has a demand and supply side just as the economic theory of demand and supply - wherein there is a buyer, there has to be a supplier.  Bribery, which is the commonest form of corruption that substantially, undermines service provision. It requires a supplier as well as a receiver.  It is pronounce in the interaction between state security forces and citizens.  The police stands out because of their constant interact with citizens (All public security agencies are prone to bribery and interaction with drivers cuts across may agencies and not only the police).