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National Education Policy Confab Opens in Banjul
Wednesday, 28 December 2011 22:28
Fatou Lamin Faye
The conference which brings together senior officials of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE), cabinet ministers, World Bank Liaison officer, NGOs and other stakeholders is geared towards discussing and assessing progress in education in view of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Centred on the theme, “Rethinking Education for Accelerated Growth and Employment", the midterm review meeting will provide opportunities for organisers to
Gambia's Education Minister Fatou Lamin Faye
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Fatou Lamin Faye, Gambian minister of Basic and Secondary Education, said the conference constitutes the culmination of an intense consultative process that have integrated key thematic areas: Access and Equity; Quality of Teaching and Learning; Sector management.
She tasked delegates to validate the draft and ensure that the precepts are linked to the country's recently launched Program for Accelerated Growth and Employment (PAGE).
''The inextricable linkage between education and accelerated growth and employment can be traced to the significant net impact of education on human development behaviours in terms of fertility, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS knowledge and poverty,'' she said.
Going through the statistics, Minister Faye cited the 2010 Gambia status report which indicates that individual behaviour towards human development are more positive for educated people than those with less education.
“Analysis of the share of the different levels of education also show that basic education accounts for 63 per cent (38 per cent for Lower Basic and 25 per cent for Upper Basic) of the total impact on human development,” she said.
“Hence, the provision of basic education of good quality is extremely fundamental in facilitating accelerated growth and employment.”
Minister Faye revealed that the education department has witnessed an average annual growth of nine per cent between 2006 and 2009.
She added that enrolment at the lower basic has increased from 181,835 in 2000/2001 to 227,668 in 2009/2010 while the upper basic increased from 41,493 to 73,613 during the same period.
“The study results also suggest that enrolments at senior secondary has more than doubled from 15,554 to 36,141 with an average annual growth rate of three per cent between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010 due mainly to the expansion of Madrassas which showed an encouraging average annual growth rate of 13 per cent between 2005/2006 and 2009/2010,” she said.
Mr Faye expressed hope that the conference will be able to adopt a best practices approach capable of reaching this category of children with quality education.
Written by Abdoulie John
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Our School Children lack; basic classroom supplies, books, tables, quality teachers, and not to mention the lack of proper transportation. Tuition for primary education, should be free.
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Well Said Madam, we need much more for the children that what is presently going on there, Now adays when you look into our education system, you sometimes feel to cry because of the students' perfomance, I could remember in the 70s and 80s Our High school students are far better than many at the University level in Kambi Bolong, I only hope that, Arafang Yahya can organize a special Seminar for this to knowing the cause of such a lack of perfomance !
In the service of SeneGamBissau I remain
Is a laughing matter. Our School Children lack; basic classroom supplies, books, tables, quality teachers, and not to mention the lack of proper transportation. Tuition for primary education, should be free. The basic need of a child's primary education should be a National Priority then POLICIES. If we fail our children, Gambia, will remain stagnant.
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