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Elementary
school
We visited an elementary school, and were showed classrooms,
library and playground, and at the end of the visit pupils
sang for us.
Our travel agency wants to help this school by tourists donating
money, pens and such things to the school.
Government policy:
The Gambia Government is committed to upholding the right
of every person to basic education, regardless of gender,
age, religion or disability. Accordingly, basic education
will be open to all. Learning at this level will be geared
towards the holistic development of the individual for the
positive realisation of every person’s full potential
and aspirations.
Things to impove:
1. Improving access to quality education for all, particularly
girls, for greater gender equity
2. The re-defining of basic education to embrace Madrassas,
non-formal, early childhood and special needs education
3. The expansion of secondary education to absorb a minimum
of 50% of the basic cycle graduates
4. Development of life skills and creation of awareness
of killer diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
5. Provision of relevant vocational education and technical
training based on labour market intelligence
6. Further re-organisation of the Department of State for
Education (DoSE) within the context of the local government
decentralisation reforms
7. Better management capacity and professional development
at all levels
8. Increased access to higher education, especially of girls
and women.
This information and more can be found in the page:
http://www.edugambia.gm/
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Gambia info 
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