Unique
Foundation, with support from the US Embassy in Banjul, have commemorated the
2020 International Day of Education over the weekend, at the Learning and
Resource centre office ‘on the theme: Learning Empowering people.
Speaking
at the opening ceremony, Mr Solomon, head of Unique Foundation said they are a
charity working with women, children and youth.
He
said the Foundation started operation in 2014, and since then they have been
doing a lot of activities, especially in the area of advocacy related to issues
of education.
He
said their education project started in 2017 after noticing that many students
have less academic performance in school, and most of them lack adequate
planning materials, as well as qualify tutors to help them.
According
to him, their ultimate goal is to prevent students from dropping out in
schools, saying they are looking forward to expanding the centre to other
regions. “We are using the celebration to advocate for the needy people to go
into learning through education. The goal is not only the learning resource
centre but also a library where students can come and do research and learn
more skills.”
Malleh Sabally, a senior educationist at basic
and secondary education ministry said the opportunities that come with the
fourth Industrial revolution are lower barriers between inventors and markets
role for the artificial intelligence, integration of different techniques and
domains and improvement of the quality of life at home, work, and many other
places.
According
to him, learning innovation is an initiative to explore the close links between
how people gain knowledge and how they apply it, saying by educating and
empowering people, one enables them to achieve goals through their own ideas
and efforts. “And that is one of the reasons for the incredible success of
public education in the United States. But with any institution, the
incorporation of new ideas, discoveries, and methods is absolutely crucial.”
Mr Sabally hoped that learning innovation will
illuminate such new ideas and pathways and clearly convey ways they can improve
learning for all. “We hope our audience will help us to experiment with new
approaches and to share ideas and discoveries.”
Mr.
Sabally used the opportunity to thank the Unique Foundation for their effort in
complementing the Government and expressed appreciation for their contribution
towards achieving quality services in the Gambia.