Friday, April 26, 2024

Education

NCCE trains VDCs, WDCs on Local Gov’t Act 2002

By Mustapha Jallow The training of over three hundred and twenty (320) Village Development (VDC) and Ward Development Committees (WDC) on the Local Government Act...

CARITAS Conducts 10 Day Capacity Enhancement on Interpersonal Relationships

By Nelson Manneh Caritas the development agency of the Catholic Church conducted a 10-day capacity enhancement and interactive engagements for 100 participants on interpersonal relationships. The...

Justice Hassan Jallow, Halifa Sallah, , Dr Florence Mahoney , Prof...

By Momodou Jarju Prominent Gambian politician, Halifa Sallah; Chief Justice of The Gambia, Hassan B Jallow; Prof Lamin E. Sanneh, Dr Florence Mahoney and several...

Gambia College Suspends All Pending Exams Except…..

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia College has suspended all pending examinations for all Schools within the College with immediate effect, except for final year students...

WAG Anticipates 500 Applicants for ‘UN75’ Online Spoken-word Competition

By Momodou Jarju The Secretary General of the Writers Association of The Gambia (WAG) Modou Lamin Age-Almusaf Sowe, said they anticipate to receive five hundred...

UTG, MDI, GTTI & The Gambia College Closed till Further Notice

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology has yesterday ordered for the closure of the University of The Gambia (UTG),...

Region 1 Education Director Confirms Authorising Ndow’s Comprehensive to Start Exams

By Mustapha Jallow The Regional Education Director for Region (1), Alhajie Ousman Bah has on Friday, 17th July confirmed to Foroyaa that his office gave...

The Impact of Covid-19 on Girls School Closure Can Also...

By Ndey Sowe Lala Jaiteh, the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare has disclosed that the closure of schools...

Ndow’s grade 6 Students to sit exam today Education Minister...

By Mustapha Jallow Grade six (6) students at Ndow’s Comprehensive primary school are set to sit exams on 16th July 2020 – but Education Minister...

Meet Ismaila, the Award-Winning-Writer and New Prodigy in Gambia’s Literary Scene

By Momodou Jarju Ismaila Saidybah has signed his name in the literary fraternity of The Gambia. Born in 2000 in Jarra Soma, Lower River Region, the...

Distance Learning Programme Creates Controversy at Gambia College

By Nelson Manneh Yielding to extraordinary measures amid extraordinary times caused by a global Covid-19 pandemic, The Gambia College joined the bandwagon of learning institutions...

MoBSE Confirms Mass Promotion Will Continue Despite Covid-19 Hitches

By Momodou Jarju The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) has informed lawmakers in Banjul on Wednesday that mass promotion will continue across the...

Gambian Writer Co-authored Stories in African Anthology

By Momodou Jaju Gambian writer and author, Modou Lamin Age-Almusaf Sowe, has co-authored an African anthology titled Twaweza. The title of the anthology, Twaweza- is a...

Grade 9 Students to Resume Classes Wednesday After Four Months of...

By Lamin B. Darboe, Information Officer, MoBSE The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE), has announced the resumption of classes for Grade 9 students...

Muhammed Sonko’s Research Work Published in International Journal

By Isatou Kanyi A research paper on Islamic Banking in the Gambia by one Muhammed Sonko of the International Open University (IOU), has been published...

Fumigation of Schools Commences For Grades 9, 12 to Begin Exams

By Ndey Sowe The fumigation of Schools to enable Grades 9 and 12 to resume classes and sit to their exams during this period of...

PS Mendy Assures WAG MoBSE’s Support to Promote Literary Culture in...

By Momodou Jarju The permanent secretary for the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE), Louis Moses Mendy, has assured the executive of the Writers...

Teachers Call for Support to Maintain Online Classes

By Ndey Sowe A group of teachers have called for support to sustain their online “Whatsapp” teaching classes for students amid the Coronavirus pandemic. According...

RISK COMMUNICATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

Effective outbreak communication requires strategic messaging across different outbreak phases. As ministry of health is increasingly using social media platforms to communicate in this...

“Gambia College Deserve Better,” says Antouman Jagne

By Nelson Manneh Antouman Jagne a former student of the Gambia College school of Nursing who is currently working with the Medical Research Council (MRC)...