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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 26 Oct 2006 : 16:28:10
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Kondorong, I have been to Kwinella high school. The pupils have a great pride in their school and many walk long distances to get there. When I go there with Beacon school I am always impressed.
The nursery school there is badly in need of help, it is very run down.
At Kolior, a village with many many children, the lower basic school and the arabic school combined it an attempt to avoid closure as their numbers were falling. Only about half the children in the village go to school.
By providing uniforms for the nursery school and encouraging children to want to go I am hoping their parents will want them to transfer to primary school and continue their education.
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 26 Oct 2006 : 18:46:03
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| YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE STRIKE. iT WAS IN 1987 DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN. iNFACT jAWARA WAS SCHEULED TO HAVE A MEETING IN GEORGETOWN THAT DAY WHEN STUDENTS SEIZED THE FERRY AT SANKULAY KUNDA AND REFUSED HIM ACCESS TO THE ISLAND. HE NEGOTIATED WITH STUDENT REPS. BEFORE HE WAS ALLOWED. HOWEVER, HE MET ALL HIS PROMISES. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 13:29:59
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i have met some students who went to schools sponsored by Actionaid and they all finished grade 12, what happened did actionaid and other supporters of the education system pull out because of Jammeh,
if that is the case then perhaps he should encourage them to come back and help |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 17:45:48
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Well Action Aid was alledged to have had a problem in the early days of the coup. They decided to move their office staff to East Africa i believe and left a skeleton staff. I dont think their license was renewed initially.
I have not been able to confirm the truth, but according to rumours, they were told not to operate in opposition strong holds. This was a time when even NGO projects were being sold out to the public as though the state had a hand in it. Some readers might rememeber when Waa Juwara was pulled out of a United Nations development workshop in either Soma or Mansa Konkono by the Green Boys.
The workshop came to a halt and WAa never went back right in the face of UN officials because he was from the opposition. Eventiually Action Aid lost steam and scaled down their operations to almost nothing. Action Aid built more primary schools than any NGO and i think almost an equal number with the Government from 1994 to date. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2006 : 14:56:45
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that explains a few things, because the people i have been dealing with remember this situation but could not understand what happened. they were happy with their schooling and would like the same for their own families.
the were educated mainly in the rural areas and would like their families to stay there, but they have brought their families to the kombos because of schooling standards. |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 02:46:59
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Konds, here is a photo for you and other ex-pupils of Armitage
Grade 10 students from Denmark sitting by the new Armitage Library (2005) which was built by Friends of Armitage School in the UK. The school has a link with North Bromsgrove High School in the UK, 20 km south of Birmigham.
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 04:18:17
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| Thanks Momodou for the photo. That shows Armitage's plights are being resolved and assistance is comming to Armitage through the government and abroad. |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 12:24:04
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a friends of armitage in the UK, i am sure they raise some funds, so why is it in a bad financial way. what happened |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 17:58:32
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Action Aid are still active in the Gambia.  |
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Momodou
Denmark
11833 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2006 : 18:13:39
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Originally posted by jambo
a friends of armitage in the UK, i am sure they raise some funds, so why is it in a bad financial way. what happened
Jambo, you can see from this photo where the funds were used for. |
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eire
Zimbabwe
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Posted - 08 Jan 2007 : 10:01:19
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Armitage used to be one of the best High Schools in the country. What has gone wrong? Management? Staff?? Maintenance??
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jan 2007 : 18:27:09
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quote:
Originally posted by eire
Armitage used to be one of the best High Schools in the country. What has gone wrong? Management? Staff?? Maintenance??
All of the above |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jan 2007 : 16:14:12
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| thats very sad, what a reflection on the education system |
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eire
Zimbabwe
28 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2007 : 12:45:47
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Kondorong. Thanks for your reply. It is a pity to see a great educational institution like Armitage collapse....What can be done??
It used to be one of the best schools in the country after St. Augustines and Gambia High Schools.... Are these schools still a high standard? Or has the education process deteriorated in The Gambia rescently? As an educationalist I am very interested. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2007 : 19:40:20
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Originally posted by eire
Kondorong. Thanks for your reply. It is a pity to see a great educational institution like Armitage collapse....What can be done??
It used to be one of the best schools in the country after St. Augustines and Gambia High Schools.... Are these schools still a high standard? Or has the education process deteriorated in The Gambia rescently? As an educationalist I am very interested.
How did you get to Zimbabawe in the first place? |
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