A school technology project funded by UNESCO and the Chinese government will help Liberia’s educational system recover from the Ebola virus outbreak, which has led to more than 10,000 deaths in West Africa.

The US$700,000 “Harnessing Technology for Quality Teacher Training” project is part of a US$8 million funding agreement signed in March 2012 between UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the Chinese government that was established to support teacher education and development. The funding agreement is intended to help African nations achieve the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals.

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