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 Posted - 07 Nov 2007 : 12:50:05
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PS For Higher Education Issues Warning
By Amie Sanneh
The Permanent Secretary at the Department of State for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Dr. Saidou Jallow, has said that they would not hesitate to close down any institution that is not meeting the standard required by students.
The National Training Authority (NTA) he said has been empowered by the necessary legal provisions to close down any non-compliant training institution under its purview.
Mr Jallow said that what they need is quality and standard education; that this is what should prevail in our institutions.
Mr. Jallow made this statement while opening a five-day workshop for managers and assistants of training institutions at the Seaview Garden Hotel organised by the National Training Authority (NTA).
Dr. Jallow added that candidates sometimes graduate from skills training institutions without the minimum set of skills. “Such graduates find it difficult to operate in which ever industry they find themselves.”, he said.
He remarked that in such situations, it might be due to poor trained staff, lack of equipment for practical lessons and hostile teaching or learning environment.
He noted that all these factors impact negatively on the quality of training provided and on the capacity of the graduate to perform the service which he or she was trained. “This outcome is unacceptable as it is a waste of resources and time” he said. Dr. Jallow expressed hope that participants will go back at the end of the workshop and implement or rectify deficiencies in their establishments.
Speaking earlier, the Director General of NTA, Mr. Ousman Gawlo Nyang, said the workshop is meant to strengthen all sections of their training centre operations with the aim of delivering quality.
Mr. Nyang also said that they would not hesitate to close down any falling institution. “But in recognizing your willingness to progress and our desire to help you grow, should we discover that standards are falling and continue to fall with no remedial solution in sight, it will be our duty to take the unpleasant decision of closing you down,” the NTA Director General remarked.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issues
Issue No. 131/2007, 7 – 8 November 2007
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