Adama Makasuba<\/b><\/p>\n
Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Momodou Sabally, former secretary-general and Head of Civil Servants, has denounced the Ministry of Higher Education plan to introduce a tertiary education loan scheme next year for some of the country\u2019s needy and bright students.<\/p>\n However, Higher Education Minister Prof. Pierre Gomez said the loan scheme seeks to ensure that \u201cwe support the maximum number of people,\u201d adding that \u201cthere will be a system in place where the State will come to their aid for them to have their training. When they finish, there will be a grace period, but they will have to pay the state back [its money] after they secure jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Sabally reacted that \u201cthe scholarship for students was too much during the Jammeh government but this government came and stopped all those scholarships. And now you say, you want to give loans to the students to further their education and we all know this government is not doing anything to create jobs for the university graduates. What loan are you giving them? Give them scholarships and create jobs for them rather than given them loans.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, he added: \u201cWhat pains me more is that, the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has said that this year\u2019s results are better than the previous year, I say that is not true. And they again said the education of the children was affected by the coronavirus, I say that is also not true. The MoBSE should accept that their system of education is not good and it is poor.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe whole country should come together and hold a national conference on education and see how we can address the education problem which is more serious than aid and cancer. The MoBSE, I said this when President Barrow selected his cabinet, I said that the person in the Ministry of Education is the most inefficient and ineffective and you have basic and secondary education and higher education.<\/p>\n \u201cWho was at the Ministry of Higher Education is Vice President Alieu Badara Joof, then this problem is Badara Joof and Claudiana Ayo Cole\u2019s problem. They are destroying the educational future of our children. These two people are one destroying the education system of the country,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adama Makasuba Africa-Press – Gambia. Momodou Sabally, former secretary-general and Head of Civil Servants, has denounced the Ministry of Higher Education plan to introduce a tertiary education loan scheme next year for some of the country\u2019s needy and bright students. However, Higher Education Minister Prof. Pierre Gomez said the loan scheme seeks to ensure that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,8],"tags":[2355,2361,260,44,6498],"class_list":["post-21374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia","tag-momodou-sabally","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"\n