Office of the Chairman
University of Liberia
P.O Box 10-9020, Fendell Campus
1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia
West Africa
The William V.S. Tubman College of Education, formerly Teachers College, was founded in March 1947 as a cooperative enterprise of the Government of Liberia to help meet the nation’s pressing need for trained teachers. The institution was attached to the College of West Africa and provided a two-year program of academic and professional training for high school graduates preparing to teach in elementary schools. By 1950, the school had become an independent institution and was fully supported by the Government of Liberia. In November of the same year (1950), it awarded its first Bachelor of Science degree in education to nine persons (6 men and 3 women).
In 1951, the college was merged with Liberia College and five other schools to become the University of Liberia. It then extended its training program from two to four years, and its name was changed from William V. S. Tubman School of Teacher Training to the William V. S. Tubman Teachers College in 1962, and now William V.S. Tubman College of Education.
The college was established to contribute to the scientific development of education in the nation by preparing qualified pre-service teachers for elementary and secondary schools. In addition, the college is to assist in the professional improvement of in-service teachers and to collaborate with the Ministry of Education in education planning and programs for the nation.
Furthermore, the William V. S. College of Education is to collaborate with other institutions involved in teacher education, the Monrovia Consolidated School System, other education agencies, and elementary and secondary schools of the nation. The college is also involved in researching and working with experimental projects.
The mission and vision of the college are aligned with those of the University of Liberia. One of the world’s oldest colleges, the college’s vision is to transform the way that the world is understood, how knowledge is created, and how problems are approached and solved, including emerging problems. It also provides academic excellence, research, and teaching, ardently cherished and promoted, with an uncompromising devotion to a high premium placed on academic freedom and creative thinking.
President Maparyan, a distinguished academic and prolific scholar, serves as the 16th President of the University of Liberia, the nation’s flagship university. Before this role, she was the Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and a Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
President Maparyan earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Temple University and holds an M.S. in Psychology from Penn State University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy, graduating cum laude from Spelman College.
You can explore a diverse selection of academic programs in the William V. S. Tubman College of Education
