FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
8 March 2008
editorial
Bad news has struck from the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) Senior Secondary School. The flowers of our future nation are languishing at home at a time when they should be blossoming.
What has happened in ICE is too ghastly to contemplate - teachers and students engaged in a brawl. Teachers impart knowledge on students and offer them leadership by guiding them as they grow from childhood to adulthood. They are expected to be of exemplary character, to be seen as a role model by the students; one who serves as a source of inspiration.
A good teacher should be proud of his/her profession and should show love and concern for the wellbeing of his/her students. The attributes of a teacher outlined above paves the way for students to love, respect and honour their teachers.
Students are generally proud of their teachers, even where they feel such teachers have been too strict.
Thus what has occurred at ICE is a disaster and calls for urgent action.
Any solution, temporary or otherwise, cannot lose sight of the continuation of the education of the students who are now staying at home. We are now at the middle of the academic year and prolongation of their stay at home can cause harm, especially as the WASSCE exams are fast approaching.
The issue is not merely how to pre-empt a clash but rather how to ensure the continuation of the education of the flowers of the future Gambia.
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