BESPOR (Basic Education Support for Poverty Reduction) is sponsoring a teacher-training program in my region. The program is aimed at the unqualified teachers (UQT) in rural school. Unqualified means that the teachers have no education apart from High School Diploma - but since there are not enough teachers, they are welcome to teach lower classes. BESPOR's program is a 5-year long study course, where the UQT don't have to leave their jobs and villages, but are given modules to study and thrice a year they have to report to the Regional office for more studying and examinations. BESPOR personnel also comes and visits every UQT at their school to observe and comment on their classroom skills. It is a good program and I am lucky enough to be a small part of it. I have 2 UQT in the nearby Lower Basic School of Mt. Camel and 3 times a week we meet for 2 hours and read their modules together and do all the activities. This is how I've met Isatou.
Isatou is one of the best people I got to know in The Gambia. She just had a baby, right before her winter examinations, so it had not been easy for her to continue with this program. However she is doing it and I wish her all the best after she passes (knock on wood) her finals tests in April - which is now.
Mt Camel is a well decorated school. This is their library.
And that is us hanging out after out 2 hour learning session.
Mt Camel is a well decorated school. This is their library.
And that is us hanging out after out 2 hour learning session.
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