About the Author

Ebenezer Sylvester Olounfeh 'Solo' Collier was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone where he attended primary and secondary schools. He obtained a B.Sc. in Pure Science in 1977 and a Post-Graduate Dip. Ed. in 1978 from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. He taught chemistry and biology in secondary schools in Sierra Leone from 1978 to 1984 before proceeding to England on a European Economic Community (EEC) scholarship for graduate studies. He completed an M.Ed. in Curriculum Studies at the University of Birmingham, England in 1985, and then traveled to the United States where he currently resides. In 1999, he obtained another MA in Educational Technology Leadership at George Washington University in Washington, DC. In 2008, he completed his Ed.D in Educational Administration and Policies at Howard University, Washington, DC in USA and this book is based on research studies his did in Sierra Leone for his doctoral dissertation. He is currently an Instructional Case Manager and an On-line Education Programme Instructor in the District of Columbia Public School System in the United States where he has taught for 18 years.