SoS-Gam,
a charitable organisation based in Denmark, on Wednesday inaugurated a
newly-constructed building to serve as the technical workshop at Fon-Gam Skills
Training Institute in Tujereng.
Speaking
at the ceremony, attended by the a cross-section of Tujereng community, Modou
Lamin Fatty, principal of the institute, expressed delight and appreciation to
the sponsors for their continued support.
Fon-Gam
Skills Training Institute was established by SoS-Gam to the tune of about D7
million, according to Mr Fatty said.
The
skills training institute was opened last year and it offers courses in
business management, English, mathematics and computers.
“Now
we are going to introduce construction, architectural design, and electrical
installation,” Mr Fatty said, adding that catering, and tie and dye would be
added soon.
He
explained that the purpose of the inaugurated building is to make sure that the
programmes being offered at the institute are diversified.
The
principal further explained that students enrolled at the institute do not pay
anything, “the only payment the students do is the registration cost of D500”.
“Students
are given free tuition, uniform, books, pens, pencils and anything that they
need for their schooling is provided here by the sponsors,” Mr Fatty said while
calling on parents to send in their children to the institute.
He
said anyone who graduate from the institute will be in a better position to be
employed or be self-employed.
Omar
MJP Ndow, national coordinator of Fon-Gam who is also the business management
teacher at the institute, said the opening of the new technical block is
another milestone in the history of the institute.
He
said the aim of the institute is to give skills to the youth to make them
productive.
Mr
Nodw explained that at inception, the institute only offers academic courses
but the building of the technical workshop makes it possible to introduce
technical courses.
