{"id":72169,"date":"2025-01-16T18:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T18:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:20:11","slug":"fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2","title":{"rendered":"Fajara Skills Centre Graduates 35 Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Fajara Skills Development Centre Saturday graduated 35 students who have completed training in various vocational skills.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Held at the centre\u2019s premises, the graduation was attended by relatives of the graduates, friends, and government officials. The graduates were trained on sewing, fashion design, cookery and pastry, hairdressing, beauty therapy, and essential subjects like English, math, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Abel Thomas, the proprietress of the skills development centre, expressed delight over the successful graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas highlighted the importance of discipline and effective communication in their training programs as key to client relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe importance of humility, patience, and the application of skills in the workforce, encouraging young people to find dignity in labour within their own country rather than seeking opportunities abroad is crucial,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Nelly Jarju, a graduate in tailoring, shared her transformative experience, stating, \u201cI came here not knowing anything; now I am confident in my skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She emphasised the importance of self-employment, asserting that having skills allows individuals to dictate their own lives rather than working for someone and being dictated.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Banjul, Rohey Malick Lowe commended Thomas for her inspiring work.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that women\u2019s contributions in societal development are vital to the social economy of The Gambia.<\/p>\n<p>She called for collaborative efforts from all genders to support women\u2019s empowerment, recognising that traditional norms often dictate societal roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Fajara Skills Development Centre Saturday graduated 35 students who have completed training in various vocational skills. Held at the centre\u2019s premises, the graduation was attended by relatives of the graduates, friends, and government officials. The graduates were trained on sewing, fashion design, cookery and pastry, hairdressing, beauty therapy, and essential subjects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-72169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fajara Skills Centre Graduates 35 Students - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Fajara Skills Development Centre Saturday graduated 35 students who have completed training in various vocational ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fajara Skills Centre Graduates 35 Students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Fajara Skills Development Centre Saturday graduated 35 students who have completed training in various vocational ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-16T18:11:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-21T11:20:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/sm_1737038643.21085.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fajara Skills Centre Graduates 35 Students\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-16T18:11:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-21T11:20:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/sm_1737038643.21085.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fajara-skills-centre-graduates-35-students-2\",\"name\":\"Fajara Skills Centre Graduates 35 Students - 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