In response to Dampha,

Dampha: <<If Famara Jatta (the Finance Minister) stands up and say that
Gambians are getting POORER; we read in newspapers that children do NOT have
desks and chairs in their classrooms; we also read in the newspapers that
children are dying from minor injuries because hospitals are NOT equipped
with medicine and ambulances – the list goes on.>>

Dampha, add this Daily Observer story (see pasted below) to the List of woes
Yaya has helped thrust on poor Gambian parents trying to get a decent
education for their children. I wonder what Gassa's thoughts are on these
poor 53 Grade 9 kids who have missed out on their final exams - assuming he
musters the guts to speak out against this deplorable trend Yaya's
mismanagement of the Gambian economy is introducing to Gambia society. The
poor are getting POORER and POORER under the APRC. That is the FACT no one
can spun. It is a FACT even Famara acknowledges in his last two budget
speeches.

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53 Students Miss Grade 9 Final Exams



The Daily Observer (Banjul)

April 23, 2002
Posted to the web April 23, 2002

Chief Manneh


About 53 students at the Greater Banjul Upper Basic School have missed their
Grade Nine final examinations as a result of late payment of examination
fees.

Speaking to Daily Observer recently Dembo Jallow, who is in charge of exams
fees said the school had made tremendous effort in receiving early payments
in order to spare students the embarrassment of missing their examinations.

He said their early warning for examination fee payment was made before
January 18, 2002 upon the request of WAEC for submission and only 281
candidates paid out of 578 candidates.

He added that the school authorities made an appeal to WAEC to extend the
deadline to January 31, 2002 and only another 210 candidates paid.

He said another extension was requested for the month of February and again
only 35 students paid.

Mr Jallow disclosed that some of the students parents were to be blame
because enough time was given to them to effect their wards' payments . He
said the examination was slated for March and the examining body accepting
entries in February meant they have put in enough effort for their
candidates to sit for their final exams.

Vice principal Almameh Colley blamed the negligence of parents for the lack
of early payment of the exam fees.



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