Freetown, Sierra Leone – August 8, 2025 – The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), through the National Commission for Basic Education, has published the official price list for school uniforms and accessories for the 2025/2026 academic year.
The list, issued from the Ministry’s headquarters in New England, Freetown, outlines the cost of uniforms and items required for Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) students, categorized by gender and religion.
For JSS & SSS Boys, the price list includes:
* Pocket badge: Le 20,000
* Neck tie (optional): Le 50,000
* JSS Sewn uniform (2 sets with badges): Le 430,000
* SSS Sewn uniform (2 sets with badges): Le 500,000
**For Muslim Girls in JSS & SSS:
* Hijab: Le 70,000
* Pocket badge: Le 20,000
* Sewn uniform (2 sets with badges): Le 430,000
**Christian JSS Girls are expected to pay:
* Beret and crest: Le 85,000
* Belt: Le 85,000
* Pocket badge: Le 20,000
* Sewn uniform (2 sets with badges): Le 430,000
**Christian SSS Girls will pay:
* Felt hat and band: Le 200,000
* Belt: Le 85,000
* Pocket badge: Le 20,000
* Sewn uniform (2 sets with badges): Le 430,000
The price list bears the official stamp of the Basic Education Commission, confirming its authenticity. School authorities, parents, and guardians are advised to adhere strictly to the approved costs to avoid discrepancies during the new school year.
This move is part of the government’s ongoing effort to standardize educational materials and reduce exploitation in uniform sales.
Wow so amazing
Thank you very much for the information. But for me the prices are so much. What is the free education that you people are always trumpeting? If you calculate these prices, one can see that they are very much exurbitant if I stand to be corrected. Just a peer of uniform Le430.00? An ordinary tie is going for Le 20.00.
There is a problem in this country really. You (the government) is doing little or nothing towards the economic situation in Sierra Leone. So if a uniform alone is going for Le 430.00 what would have been if the cost of tuition fees per term is added? For me, I want you people to forget about this thing that is call free education and focus on things that will bring more income to the government, so that government will be able to undertake it expenses without the too much taxation from the citizens. Because when taxes are high no matter what you do, people will realize little or infact in most cases nothing like what is happening now in Sierra Leone.
Government should try strenghening the sectors that will bring income to Sierra Leone so that taxations on citizens will be at minimal then you will be praised. But trust me you guys depend too much from the current asset of the country which is our local and international business men and women. Salon, we sorry.