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The Gambia is a developing country in western Africa; the capital is Banjul. The official language is English, but many inhabitants speak indigeneous languages such as Wolof or Mandinka. Facilities for tourism in the Banjul area are good; however, outside the capital region, tourist facilities are limited in availability and quality.

Gambia: English Teachers Capacitated
In their attempt to complement their line ministry's effort in providing quality teaching, the English Teachers Association of The Gambia, recently organized a two day training for English Language teachers from selected Upper Basic Schools in Region One ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:56:52 GMT

English Teachers Association revived
English language teachers have established a structure called the Association of Teachers of English-The Gambia (GATE) at their first-ever congress held on Friday in Kanifing. Since its formation in the 70s, the core subject association has been in the ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 08 Mar 2015 17:00:00 GMT

English Language Teaching Profile: The Gambia.
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in the Gambia discusses the role of English in the community and within the educational system. The number of ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:00:21 GMT

Jammeh to replace English as Gambia\'s official language
Gambia? President Yahya Jammeh has announced that he is contemplating replacing English with one of the local vernaculars ... A recent and welcome change was the renaming of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Gambia?s main referral facility, to ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:16:42 GMT

Groundbreaking Partnership Between The New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning And The Gambia Yields Powerful Early Results
TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Center for Teaching ... Gambia. Further building upon the program's success, CTL has also recently entered a contract with MoBSE to provide fast track digital content development of ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:05:00 GMT

The English-only language education policy in The Gambia and low literacy rates
The education policies of 1988?2003 and 2004?2015 in The Gambia make provisions for ... However, the policy on the use of L1 for teaching has not been implemented and what is practised instead is the use of English as a means of teaching from pre ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Training Educators in The Gambia?The Experience of a Lifetime
The Gambia, with a total population of fewer than ... My assignment was to work with 48 English tutors who are educated, experienced teachers assigned to one of six centers throughout the country. These educators are responsible for training and ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 24 May 2017 17:00:00 GMT

A week of song in The Gambia
This is a method of teaching English widely used throughout the UK and is proving to be a great success in The Gambia. During the week we also managed to fit in a radio interview on Unique FM, a singing workshop at a Gospel church in Bakau and a visit to ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Gambia: Major Corruption Scandal Rocks Gambian School!
He first started with hiring and firing of teachers with a Board Chair of Madam Mariama Ndow, of the Gambia College. Replace his Accountant ... he created positions like Directors of Science, Mathematics, English and literature, Commerce etc , thereby ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:00:00 GMT