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Contact Details:
Main Office
address
National Training Authority
Website:
www.nta.gm
98 Kairaba Avenue
Fajara
P.O. Box 1087
Banjul
The Gambia
West Africa
Telephone Numbers
4370518
4371799
Fax:
4370548
4370526
Email: info@nta.gm
nta@nta.gm
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Background Information:
The
Gambia
like other developing nations understood the need to support its
national development process through the creation of a Skills
Development Strategy. As a result 1998, the
Department of State for
Education (DOSE) supported by the European Development Fund under the
3rd Education Project, developed a Private Sector led Skills
Development Policy to Reform TVET in the Gambia.
The development of the policy led to the National Training Authority
Act of 2002. The Authority supported by a subvention and a Levy
started operations in 2003 to create an enabling environment for
Reforms to TVET to be financed by the European Development Fund under
the Support to Education Sector Project (SESP).
The Reforms were supported by four EU Technical Experts in the fields
of Standards and Qualifications Development, Labour Market Information
Systems and Capacity Building for a period of ten (10) months.
The Gambia Skills Qualifications Framework (GSQF) was developed and
launched together with 30 skills standards and qualifications in four
priority fields plus several other Key Skills namely:
• Agriculture (Horticulture)
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Hospitality (Customer Care and Food Hygiene and Safety)
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Construction (Domestic House Wiring)
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Engineering (Motor Mechanic)
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Key Skills (Literacy; Numeracy; ICT (User); English Communications;
Work skills and Life Skills)
The GSQF taking cognisance of the high level of illiteracy in the
Gambia with equally high participation of the informal sector in the
economy, focused on a two tier system that caters for both the
literate (normal route) and the non-literate (practical route). These
are unique to only the GSQF and are being complimented by Key Skills
at the Foundation Level open to all and sundry.
The GSQF is being supported by the:
• Development of a Quality Assurance (QA) Process for Registration and
Accreditation.
The instrument has been validated and its regulations are being
reviewed by the Department of State for Justice.
• Development of Standards and Qualifications in four (4) pilot
sectors of the economy.
As mentioned above additional standards and qualifications are being
developed in the existing four (4) fields with new fields being
identified by the Labour Market study and industry.
• Creation of an Assessment and Certification system together with
the Private Sector as key players.
Assessment and Certification processes and procedures are currently
being developed and as competency based training are new to the
Gambia, the pilot phase will be utilised to ensure a thorough
understanding of the system. Key stakeholders of high repute are
involved in the process.
• Creation of Policies on Apprenticeship; Attachment; Information
and Communication; ICT; Human Resource etc
The Apprenticeship policy is linked to the GamJobs initiative under
Department of State for Trade, Industry and Employment (DoSTIE).
Attachment forms a crucial part of the trainees training programme
conducted nationally (together with industry trainees are exposed to
the world-of-work). Trainees who undertake attachment are usually in
their first year and are required to return to their various
institutions at the end of the period.
Information and Communication is central to the NTA activities. The
policy developed in this regard is geared towards producing
informative materials for national and international awareness
campaigns, networking, benchmarking and references.
Vision &
Mission Statement:
The National Training Authority is committed to expand and strengthen TVET opportunities
oriented towards meeting the present and future demands of industry,
the public and private sector.
Vision:
To provide a trained, skilled, self-reliant and enterprising labour
force that reflects the demand of The Labour Market.
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