Muhammad,

Before the 1994 coup, UNESCO provided to the Gambia government a sum
of two hundred thousand pounds sterling to introduce computers in high
schools.Dr. Saja Taal was working with Unesco Gambia office at the time.
It was a requirement by Unesco to set up a technical committee including
people like myself in the private sector,to consult all high schools
students,from
Banjul to Basse,to determine their awareness of computers and how it will help
them in their course of studiies.Our findings was overwhelmingly positive.
The intention was to have a computer in every high school library to promote
computer literacy and use in high schools. The school admin offices were to be
provided with computers with relevant application software to help with admin
duties.I don't know how this gorvernment intends to pursue this but I do know
that  the advent of the internet can be a valuable tool for research for our
students and will also provide them a platform for connectivity both localy
and internationaly.

Beran


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh
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                Sent:   Wednesday, June 14, 2000 8:06 PM
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        Re: Gambia to use the Internet to push education

                Patriots:

                The referenced posting is meant to divert our attention to more
pertinent
                questions that the dictatorship refuses to answer.  It is indeed
lack of
                priorities to push for such irritate ideas.

                The $11 million stolen my dictator jemus for that soon to crash
plane could
                have been used for more classrooms and better pay for our school
teachers.

                We are no fools.  This idea will never work.  Flush it in the
toilet.

                Comrade,

                Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh


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