Nyima Sillah<\/b><\/p>\n
Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Following the reopening of schools in the West Coast Region and some parts of the country, some parents lamented the economic crunch in the country. Speaking to this Medium on Monday, Ya Awa Sane, a mother of two students said it was hard for her to make arrangements for her children to resume back to school due to economic hardship.<\/p>\n \u201cSchools resumed at a very challenging time in this country when prices are skyrocketing and our schools are not an exception. Primary schools and junior schools\u2019 budgets are becoming more expensive than our senior and tertiary education centers.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere are we heading to? Imagine having more than one child who is supposed to go to school. You pay for tuition fees, buy uniforms and textbooks and provide daily transportation fees excluding food. It is quite challenging,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Ebrima Sambou, also a parent, highlighted the importance of the government introducing more school buses to ease transportation and the cost of transportation fees for students, adding that this will also ease the daily transportation fees given to students.<\/p>\n \u201cSchool feeling should be reintroduced back to schools. Years ago, students didn\u2019t go to school with lunch money. A small amount is contributed at the class level and teachers provide food for them. But none of that exists anymore. These are some of the things that should be reintroduced in our academy centers to ease some responsibilities for parents,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n Pa Ebou Njie, said \u201cEducation is becoming expensive. I believe few years to come, a child of a poor man may not be able to get a quality education if our government doesn\u2019t introduce free education in the primary and junior schools, because children need a strong foundation so if they missed out on some of this grade, it will be hard for them to catch up.<\/p>\n \u201cI spent nothing less than D15, 000 (fifteen thousand dalasi) for my two children excluding daily transportation fees and lunch. Besides, my oldest son will resume next month, I need to settle his tuition fees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He further stated that reopening of schools is always hard for parents, because schools charge an extra amount for new intakes, adding that looking at the current economic status of the country and poor wages, it is challenging for parents to cope.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nyima Sillah Africa-Press – Gambia. Following the reopening of schools in the West Coast Region and some parts of the country, some parents lamented the economic crunch in the country. Speaking to this Medium on Monday, Ya Awa Sane, a mother of two students said it was hard for her to make arrangements for her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,8],"tags":[2355,2361,8417,260,2369],"class_list":["post-22070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-crunch","tag-gambia","tag-school"],"yoast_head":"\n