Demba, this becomes too easy. If you know the directors and permanent secretaries that were unworthy of government scholarship, just name them and we can get somewhere. Again, being a director or permanent secretary does not automatically disqualify one for a scholarship. Award of scholarships is never "fair" anywhere. Governments everywhere can only give a handful, and naturally, those of us who think we are worthy of a scholarship (Fulbright or gotg) may feel left out. You have an MBA, what is the standard admission requirement? Experience...no? In that case, you can easily see why a permanent secretary with the same grades as a newly graduate will be favored for a scholarship to go pursue his MBA at Havard. I'm not saying that was the case but we have to at least try to apply some logic. If you say they are unworthy, and can substantiate your claim, then i will be stupid to continue this discussion. Budget has nothing to do with the subject at hand. The gotg could have had a billion dollar budget for scholarahips and if those who have been peddling this lie about sons of ministers being favored cannot name one son of minister that benefitted from this scholarship scheme, then i'm pretty sure we wont get anywhere with this discussion. 30 years is a long time, i'm sure someone will find a useless son of minister unworthy of a government scholarship but who got a full ride to cambridge. Japan: i think the japan scholarship you mentionned will fall under "agency funded" scholarship. Under this category, your claims of nepotism is a basket and won't hold much water since one will have to have the appropriate qualifications required by these agencies to be considered. Thanks, Matarr |
Questions: Weren't most of the scholarship grants/awards from International partners as aid packages to the Gambia government? What was Gambia government's budget on scholarships?
I know that when I was at the Civil Aviation authority grants were coming from Japan and other nations for air traffic controllers..communication staff etc. The distribution of scholarships cannot be completed defended as fair. People who were closer to those in power either Directors or Permanent secretaries or people in position of authority got most of the scholarships...
Now we have to be sensitive to the timing.. May be when Uncle Sidi and others were there at the time the problem wasn't so obvious, but over time politics and influence got into the scheme.. This is a fact many of us witnessed in Gambia... While it cannot be completely dismissed as Nepotism, it cannot also be rule out that there were some backroom deals. This was just the facts of the Jawara Government... Money, influence and line of heritage, social and or political connections were an advantage and was abused to some degree...
Thanks Demba On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Matarr Sillah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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