Gambia: Veteran Educationist Calls on Finance Minister to Prioritize Payment of Schools’ Improvement Grants  –

By: Nicholas Bass 

A veteran educationist (name withheld) has called on the finance minister to prioritize the payment of Schools’ Improvement Grants (SIGs) for a better future in the Gambia’s education sector.

The veteran educationist recalled that SIGs had been formalized 16 years ago, stressing that it was stagnant since then despite the change in the price of educational materials.

Our interlocutor said the World Bank…