Hon. Jarju made these remarks during the committee’s engagement with stakeholders on Education on Thursday ahead of the reopening of the schools across the country.
He said government of The Gambia gives out licences to the private schools to operate without providing any emergency policy that would deal with emergency situations in schools and also to respond to the needs of their staffs.
He added that whatever the government is doing they need to have Plan B that deals with the emergencies in the country.
He thus tasked the Ministry of Finance and Basic Education to start developing the emergency development plan that will be used to address emergency situations in The Gambia for the betterment of the country in future.
Alhagie Essa Darboe, president, Amaanah, has informed lawmakers that no much funding is from the International donors now because many humanitarian organisations have been closed by their governments and “we understand that the Arab World is in the crisis.”
Amadou Jallow, secretary general, Amaanah, called on the government through the ministries of Education and Finance to help private schools so that they can pay their teachers’ 3 month salaries before the reopening of the schools across the country.
Press release :The National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP) wishes to inform the general public that The Gambia still remains on TIER 2 WATCHLIST from its tier 2 WATCHLIST ranking in the 2020 Trafficking in Persons and in the recently released US Department of State 2021 Trafficking In Persons report.
The office of the governor of West Coast Region (WCR) through its mediation effort has amicably resolved the long running misunderstanding between the embattled Village Development Committee of Kafuta and a group of people calling themselves Concerned citizens.
Personnel of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG) have a arrested a taxi driver in the Kanifing Municipality with suspected cannabis. The suspect, narcotics officers said has been involved in transporting suspected cannabis, The Point has learned.
As foreign nationals dominate the life skill sector and many Gambian youth remain jobless, Omar Jallow, alias O.J., former minister of Agriculture has called on youth of the country to acquire skills to ensure they get self-employed.
