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Teaching: A Noble Profession But…

Old and young teachers would agree that their profession isa noble one but it entails a lot of sacrifice that the teacher endures. Thegood aspect of teachers is felt all over the world in anything around or withinman. Teachers give a great deal of time to those they educate and often leavingthemselves behind. Government andsociety praise teachers and they still go through the rough way to make endsmeet. Society and Development’s anchorman delved into the causes of teachersbeing noble but find...

GAMBIA: Poor teaching quality slows education progress

Enrolment rates at all levels of education have improved in The Gambia since 2000, but with too few qualified teachers and low staff retention levels, fewer than half of Gambian students pass standardised tests. In 2008 national exams, just 20 percent of grade-three students passed English and 18 percent Maths. Grade-five students fared little better – 30 percent of them passed English and 13 percent Maths, according to a Department of Education strategy published in August 2008. “Quality...

Bampha Jaiteh A Humble Example

Bampha Jaiteh started from teaching and was eventually retrenched leading him to work in the hotel industry and subsequently getting an opportunity to go to Germany where he got the opportunity to work with an NGO that fought for the rights of asylum seekers and others. He became a victim himself and got his asylum appeal revoked. It was upon returning home that Bampha set up his carpentry workshop and eventually got men to work for him. His carpentry shop, “Wallo Kunda Carpentry” is...

Pranic healing takes root in Gambia

The West African Pranic Healing Foundation - The Gambia, concluded, on Sunday, a three-day workshop on Pranic healing techniques at its main office in Bijilo, Western Region. The aim of the workshop was to spread the priceless teachings to both urban and rural areas in the West African Region and to ensure uniformity and purity of teaching, as well as to maintain strict quality control over all courses as the Pranic healing courses follow a standard syllabus in more than 100 countries such as...

The responsibility of scholarship beneficiaries

Editor I think any Gambian given a scholarship for further studies should sign a bond to come back and serve our country, teaching in our schools and colleges, part time, 2-3hrs a day for 3-4 days a week, for the number of years spent on studying. This will help us save money  paid to non-Gambians. We can use the extra money to buy more tools for these institutions. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the contribution of the foreigners teaching in our country. They are smart, intelligent and very...

Ardingly College visits schools

At least 22 students and for teachers, from Ardingly College, West Sussex in UK, have concluded a visit to various schools in the country; Kartong, Old Jeshwang Lower Basic School and St John’s School For The Deaf. Speaking to the Daily Observer, Mr Ian Colson, one  of the teachers that accompaned the students, said that they had arrived in the Gambia last Tuesday. Their purpose of visiting, according to him, is to share knowledge  in teaching song and to also interact with Gambian teachers and...

More focus required on french teaching - Kunkung Jobarteh

Mr Kunkung Jobarteh, the deputy-permanent secretary, Department of State for Basic and Secondary  Education, has stressed that there is need for  increased focus on the teaching of french in our schools to further develop the interest of students in learning the language. Mr Jobarteh made these remarks during the closing ceremony of a five-day conference centred on the effective teaching of french. Held at the Alliance Franco-Gambienne, the conference brought together participants from French...

Mr. Secka to Launch Six Books . . . Calls for Sponsors

Mr. Michael Secka was born on 12th December 1963 in the town of Basse in the Upper River Region (URR). He attended St. George’s Primary School and later Armitage High School. Then he went to the Gambia College for his Primary Teaching Certificate (PTC) and his Higher Teaching Certificate (HTC) and now he is studying at the University of The Gambia while heading the Jangjangbureh Upper Basic School. In an interview recently Mr. Secka told The Point that he loves the art of writing and ever since...

Cutting Edge Training Offered Free to Gambian Teachers

Teachers of children in their early years are being invited to participate in free training during April in The Gambia. Five teachers from the UK are travelling to The Gambia at Easter to train trainers on using synthetic phonics. The Department of State for Basic and Secondary Education has been concerned about the literacy levels among children. Last year, the department invited a trainer from the UK who teaches Jolly Phonics, using a multisensory method through songs, actions and games, to...

LIBERIA: Teaching medicine against the odds

Before Liberia was torn apart by civil war, the AM Dogliotti medical school was funded by the government and turned out around 40 graduates a year. Now there are 195 students on the register, but last year only four students graduated as the average course length has jumped from five years to nine. And the school, the only one of its kind in Liberia, is running out of money. "Everything is a problem here… staffing, infrastructure, logistics,” Dr Tabeh Freeman, Acting Dean and Associate...