In response Jali Gassa, Jali Gassa: <<Let me tell you that what you are trying to sell here would not be bought by me. Fact of the matter is that, under the PPP, education for all was never in their vocabulary, plain and simple. The whole charade was just a plain scam whereby ALL taxpayers' monies were used for the education of the mainly privileged urban few at the detriment of the mainly rural poor.>> You are claiming that education in pre- 1994 Gambia was for the affluent urbanite... let's pursue the logic of your silly argument: Consider your social orgin and the education you've had. I assume you were educated up to postgraduate level at the expense of Gambian taxpayers. Further, the assumption is that you are not the son of affluent urbanites. Do you know how many - including your silly self - this cap fits very well? As Dampha pointed out to you earlier, if we wish to start naming highly educated Gambians from poor rustic origins who command a measure of influence in Gambian society today, we won't having nothing else to do with ourselves for the next two weeks. You claim you understand the nuance of my key argument; but your last correspondence shows that either you are playing dummy or simply got the point but trying silly games to cover the ugly record of the APRC. My central argument was and remains that education under the PPP was relatively cheaper, more affordable and with quality to show for it than, say, under the APRC with all the "school projects" they claim to have embarked upon since 1994 to date. The reason why this is the case is because of the fact that the average Gambian was economically better off under the PPP than he was under the APRC. To date you have not been able to refute this argument. All you do is regurgitate the same unadulterated garbage about Yaya building more schools than Jawara. Who told miscreant halfwits like you that accessible education means putting up infrastructures without the prerequisite resources to effectuate the goals of basic education? Accessible and general education at the basic level means - among other things - that you have not only the basic infrastructure in place but, most importantly, having the presrequisite resources to effectuate good and general education. That means for education to play its all-important socio-economic role in society, it has got to be affordable and deliver quality as measured in academic standards. Under the APRC's watch, none the above is the case with education: As Sanusi pointed out, education has not only become more expensive for the average Gambia, but also dumbed down as par when you compare today's academic standards with that of pre- 1994. This was and remains the argument. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~