Connecting classrooms, a programme which provides cluster groups of three schools with the chance to partner with schools from two different countries one in sub-Saharan Africa and the other in the UK, has been launched at the British Council auditorium. Representatives of the Sierra Leone school clusters of the following partnerships: Asuver, Wanword and Eagle and the Harp, narrated their experiences about their experience-sharing visit to UK. But however, some of these experiences highlighted by facilitators of the three groups did not go down well with the ministry of Education’s representative at the programme, Godwin Samba. Mr Samba explained that they should not compare Sierra Leone with the UK, describing Sierra Leone as a mere ‘apprentice’ to the UK, when it came to development.He accentuated that the coordinators of the groups were taken to the best schools in the UK and not those in the slums which were relatively backward like some in developing countries. Mr Samba averred that, “you should be proud of your own country, don’t bring yourself down.” The education rep explained that there were schools in Sierra Leone that were doing very well despite the deplorable state of the system. In his vote of thanks the principal of the Prince of Wales (POW), Aubrey Jones, set the record-straight by pointing out that the facilitators were not making any comparison, or value judgment, adding that they were just merely narrating their experiences.He noted that the experience gained was paramount as connecting classrooms was all about connecting people to know about each other’s culture and had respect for it by being tolerant. Kenneth Kromaty, principal of the Peninsular Secondary School at Waterloo who chaired the programme, earlier explained that conflict globally could be attributed to disrespect of others belief, adding that connecting classrooms was the perfect forum that foster respect for others belief, culture, and tradition