Education

The University of the Gambia held its 5th convocation and graduation ceremony at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, about 14 kilometres outside Banjul, the capital with the passing out of more than 200 graduates. The colourful and solemn ceremony, ... [Gambia News]

Professor Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, the Gambian leader, yesterday afternoon, received in his office at State House, Miss Nyillan Fye, the founder and organiser of Miss Gambia USA pageantry. Miss Fye's mission to State House was meant to brief the Gambian ... [Gambia News]

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 ... [Gambia News]

Nine students and one lecturer from the University of East London have recently concluded their field trip programs throughout the length and breath of the Gambia.The students have visited several educational institutions in the country. Theyhave visited Sutukoba Nursery School, ... [Gambia News]

National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) in Taipei City has opened courses on electronic engineering and computer science for students from the Gambia to help cultivate the west African ally's high-tech personnel, an NTUT spokesman said Tuesday.     According to the ... [Gambia News]

By Nfamara Jawneh The Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan, Dr. Patrick Chang, on Thursday presented 9 cheque amounting to $400,000 to what has become known as the President’s Empowerment of Girls Education Project (PEGEP). Speaking at a ceremony held ... [Gambia News]

While they might be on their summer holidays, a group of students from St Mary's College in Arklow are not resting in their efforts to raise funds for educational projects in the Gambia, one of the world's poorest nations. The ten students, who recently completed ... [Gambia News]

Src Foroyaa: Give It A Second Thought, Mr. President The report that Taiwan is assisting the president to build a Science Academy in Kanilai has taken many by surprise. It is just recently that the government has informed the ... [Gambia News]

Nusrat Senior Secondary School (NSSS), on Saturday held its graduation ceremony at the school hall in Bundung. Speaking at the occasion Mrs Amie Njie Jobe, the guest speaker of the ceremony who was also an ex-student of NSSS, spoke on ... [Gambia News]

The Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Net, Mr Muhammed Jah, has explained why his company went into a partnership with the University of the Gambia and Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada. Speaking recently at the press briefing held at the Quantum ... [Gambia News]

Zineb Yahya Jammeh, the First Lady, yesterday presided over the Association of Early Childhood Educators' of The Gambia 42nd Independence Anniversary celebration, at the July 22nd Square in Banjul. The celebration brought together students from at least 14 pre-schools in Banjul, ... [Gambia News]

IT is a small gesture that means so much to the hundreds of children desperate to get a good education. In the Gambian village of Soma, the youngsters have so little that even giving them an empty water bottle so they ... [Gambia News]

Dr Patrick Chang Taiwanese Ambassador to The Gambia, has disclosed that 25 more Gambian students will study at the National Taipai University of Technology (NTUT). Ambassador Chang made this statement last week Friday at a ceremony held at the ... [Gambia News]