Education
is not necessarily the panacea for solving our myriad of challenges as a nation
or for bringing about complete national development, but it is the key to
opening the doors to the development of an individual and society.
Therefore,
ensuring that our state university structure is erected means creating the
conditions for the nation’s citizens and, indeed, humankind to acquire higher
education that would impact positively on the people of this nation, as well as
the development of the country’s education superstructure.
So
we say university complex ahoy to the building process of the University of The
Gambia campus, whose construction deal of $53.46 million has just been signed
between the Gambia government through the Ministry of Higher Education, and an
Indian construction company called Shapoorji Pallonnji Mideast.
While
we do not doubt the conviction of the present government in trying to take
education to the doorstep of the people, as well as providing quality and
affordable education, we are also convinced that the Indian construction firm
contracted to build the University campus is well versed and competent in
handling such construction projects.
The
National Assembly is a case in point, which the company successfully
constructed for this country.
In
fact, India, as a nation, has over the years succeeded in transforming itself
through giving high priority to education. This can be seen in the well-built
and resourced university campuses firms like Shapoorji Pallonnji Mideast have
put up in India.
Education,
indeed, should be given pride of place in our national drive and pursuit of
becoming a developed nation.
Through
education, a quality society full of people with skills and knowledge is built.
It is, as all are aware, the key to attaining development in the life of an
individual and of a nation.
The
university edifice to be constructed by the Indian company Shapoorji Pallonnji
Mideast would serve as a sound learning centre for our nation.
The
undertaking is, therefore, considered to be a way to achieving a citadel of
education for The Gambia and by extension Africa.
Thank
you MoHERSTRA for the undertaking!
“Education
the key to success”
The
Point
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