Malick Kanuteh, a domestic author has raised concerns as he urged the government to prioritize vocational skills education to students at the senior and junior secondary schools.
According to him, introducing vocational and technical learning at schools will help boost the gross domestic product of the country.
“This will also help us to realize the private sector driven economy as many Gambians will not depend on the government for gainful employment,” he said.
He added: “It is very sad that out of the 13,335 students who sat to WASSCE and the number increasing annually don’t progress to the tertiary due to inadequate capital or below the required qualification.”
Further speaking, he said infrastructure need to be established to accommodate many Gambians at the vocational schools in the country, as he added that the few number of vocational training institutions can’t accommodate the over 10,000 students that need to trained annually.
He also appealed to the government to put up mechanisms for young Gambians to learn skills like, carpentry, welding, plumbing, computing, agriculture, arts, construction, and auto mechanic, and many more.
