Children continue with their studies, in spite of lockdown
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Studies continue through radio learning.
Of course, it was always going to be a challenge, to continue educating the Colombiere School children with the government’s enforced lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 virus.
Unlike the west, where the internet is freely available and has helped with remote online teaching, in The Gambia, a lot of families have had to rely on radio learning. This is where, during the lockdown, the national curriculum is taught through radio transmission as most of the families living in villages, only have a radio to keep in touch the everyday news, etc.
Our Colombiere School was fortunate because a majority of the children who attend the school, live in the nearby village and in close proximity to one another. So, in addition to lessons being taught via the radio, some of the school teachers, went to the villages, to formally conduct the daily lessons.
This was a huge effort by the staff in very difficult circumstances, ensuring the school classes continued in spite of the restrictions imposed.