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Current Feed ContentClassroom Furniture for Njawara Basic Cycle SchoolResponding to an appeal from a UKvisitor to Njwara Basic Cycle School in Lower BaddibuDistrict, North Bank Region, FROGS (Friends of Gambian Schools), came to therescue and had made 20 sets of combination furniture for the school.The 20 desks/chairs were made at the Metalux factory andwere delivered to the school recently. The handing over was witnessed by Mr. Ebou Njie of ConcernInternational in the absence of Mrs. Sally Reader the FROGS co-ordinator. FROGS also provided seeds of the Jatropha...New classroom blocks for JPCSSS in DarankaAngela Horton Foundation, a Gambian registered charitable organisation, in partnership with Stichting Kalipha Foundation based in Netherland, with support from the Dutch government, recently supported the construction of a three classroom block at John Puckering Comprehensive Senior Secondary School. The project, worth over D639,135, will be formally inaugurated on June 30, 2008. According to Kalipha Jobe, the executive director of Angela Horton foundation, the three organisations are...121 million children never see the inside of a classroom- UNICEF Country RepresentativeMrs Min Whee Kang, the UNICEF Country Representative in The Gambia, has bemoaned that some 121 million children in the world today never see the inside of a classroom; they are deprived of their fundamental right to education; they are deprived of having wonderful teachers and mentors, and the vast majority of these out-of-school children are girls. Mrs Whee Kang made these remarks at the13th annual Speech and Prize Giving ceremony of Gambia Methodist Academy held on 16th May, 2008. Here in...British Philanthropists Inaugurate Nursery School in JalangbangThe community of Jalangbang in western Region last Saturday benefited from a two classroom Nursery school block sponsored by two British philanthropic organisations namely School 4 Schools and Maintenance management Ltd. (MML) worth nearly D500, 000. Speaking at the inauguration, Modou Jobe, project manager schools 4 schools, commended the community of Jalangbang for allocating land for them to build a Nursery school for the village. He said the sponsors spent D460, 000 on the construction of...New classroom blocks inauguratedSchool 4 School in collaboration with Maintenance Management Ltd ( both UK based organisations) inaugurated, on Saturday, two classroom block for Jalamang Nursery school, in Jalamang village, Western Region. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony Mr Modou Jobe, project manager said that the sponsors will provide learning materials such as uniforms, books, pen, pencils to the students. The project will also covers the salaries of teachers. “All we need is for you to encourage your childrens to...NIGERIA: Classroom shortages threaten primary education targetsThe success of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme which aims to provide free education to every child in Nigeria caused the number of primary school leavers to more than double in 2007, creating a backlog that the secondary education system is struggling to cope with. Over 49,000 children in the northern Nigeria city of Kano who completed primary school in 2006 and wish to attend secondary school may not be admitted due to a severe shortage of trained teachers and classrooms, Kano...MPK Inaugurates D2.6m Classroom BlockMethodist Preparatory and Kindergarten School last Thursday inaugurated its newly-built six classroom block in a colourful ceremony held at the school’s concourse in Banjul. In his speech at the ceremony, Mr. Samuel Sarfo, Head Teacher of the school, revealed that the new structure was built at the tune of D2.6 million and that D2.1 million was paid from the school fund with the remaining funds generated from individuals such as Mustapha Njie of Taf Construction, Ken John and Dr. Fowlis. He... |
