Chinese Ambassador Liu Jin on Tuesday awarded scholarships to 30 students of the University of The Gambia (UTG) at a ceremony held at the Law Faculty Auditorium of the university’s administrative campus in Kanifing. The occasion was graced by the Ambassador, officials of his embassy, Vice Chancellor Herbert Robinson, Deputy[Read More…]
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UTG: Best-graduating students get postgraduate scholarships
Ten of the most brilliant students of the University of The Gambia (UTG)’s class of 2023 have been given postgraduate scholarships by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST). The scholarship awardees will be studying in countries abroad that have bilateral ties with The Gambia. Speaking at[Read More…]
GACH Boss Pays For 100 Copies Of UnderTheSpellofpoetry
The marketing drive for #UnderTheSpellofpoetry received a massive boost on Thursday as philanthropist Dr. Abubakary Jawara grabbed 100 copies of the work. The management team of #UnderTheSpellofpoetry was Thursday afternoon at GACH HQ, Fatou Golden Plaza to receive a cheque for D50,000 from the Chairman of Dr. Abubakary Jawara Foundation-Africa[Read More…]
Rohey Malick Lowe Visits Banjul Schools In School Uniform
The Mayor of Banjul Rohey Malick Lowe-Saidykhan did not only visit school children in Banjul on Thursday but she also dressed like them. The hard-working mayor captured the admiration and love of pupils in schools across the capital as she appeared in school uniform with school bag strapped on her[Read More…]
Basse College Students In Water Stress
The only water point at the Gambia College in Basse could not withstand the current water demand of students consequently forcing many to trek in search of water. The college has only one solar-powered borehole, which could not sustain the pressures of the water needs of the campus.
Textbook Shortage Hits Town
Textbooks for core subjects are now very hard to come by as stocks run low in bookstores in several parts of the Kanifing Municipality, JollofNews has discovered. While many blamed the education ministry for the textbook shortage, others apportioned the blame to Gambians for not taking the initiative to produce[Read More…]
Education, Information Ministries Brief President Barrow On National Development Plan
Heads of the Gambia’s Ministries of Higher Education, Basic and Secondary Education and Information Tuesday briefed President Adama Barrow on activities related to the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2021. Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education gave an overview of the school going age based on the lasted[Read More…]