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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The minister for basic and secondary education, Claudiana Cole, has said the threats by WAEC to kick The Gambia out of the regional examination set-up was \u201ca deliberate \u201d act to cow The Gambia into paying up its dues.<\/p>\n

Criticising the decision, she said: \u201cWe all know that when we need something to happen, and it doesn\u2019t seem to be happening, we put sanctions\u2026 and I think this was a deliberate attempt on the side of WAEC.\u201d<\/p>\n

She made the comments during an interface Thursday with the National Assembly\u2019s select committee on education. The committee was probing the issue of arrears The Gambia owed to WAEC, after the examination body warned of sanctions if the country fails to pay up at least 50 per cent of its US$11 million dues.<\/p>\n

Minister Cole said the outstanding balance is \u201cso huge for a small developing country\u2026it would be difficult to pay all the amount in full,\u201d she admitted. She said a 20 percent payment has been agreed with WAEC.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy PS, who has been sitting in the meetings, has been reporting to me that they were asking for 50 percent of the payment. He has been trying to negotiate with them that we cannot pay 50 percent. I understand they arrived at 20 percent, that they would accept 20 percent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said the country may even struggle to pay up the agreed 20 percent, considering its meagre resources. \u201cThat was why yesterday, we met the finance minister, considering the fact that this issue has been going round, and everybody has been talking about it, and it\u2019s even being blown out of proportion.\u201d She told the deputies that her ministry cannot be held responsible for the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not our fault. Some people do not even know how this amount came about. They don\u2019t even understand that it is an amount that has been accruing from 2004 when none of us were in the positions that we are in today. When people don\u2019t understand, when they don\u2019t know, they can say anything. But we have a job to do and we are trying to do that. There\u2019s no way we can sit and be careless for this country not to sit to the exams. No way. That cannot be possible.<\/p>\n

Asked what would happen if WAEC asked for more payments, Finance Minister Mambury Njie who also appeared before the committee, said: \u201cIf the 20 percent fails, we are going to negotiate. We want to resolve it. It\u2019s in our interest that WAEC survives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. The minister for basic and secondary education, Claudiana Cole, has said the threats by WAEC to kick The Gambia out of the regional examination set-up was \u201ca deliberate \u201d act to cow The Gambia into paying up its dues. 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