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Gambian government to fund first cohort at USET’s Madina Lamin campus

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The Gambian government will fully fund the studies of the first cohort at the USET Madina Lamin Kanteh multipurpose campus, in the Central River North region. Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Minister Pierre Gomez announced that scholarships would be awarded in partnership with the MRC Holland Foundation at the campus’s inauguration.

The Gambian government will fully fund the first cohort of students at the new USET multipurpose campus in Madina Lamin Kanteh, in the Central River North region, Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Minister Pierre Gomez announced. The scholarships will cover tuition fees to enable students to pursue technical and vocational courses, Gambiana reports.

The scheme will be funded in partnership with the MRC Holland Foundation. At the campus’s inauguration, Pierre Gomez also reaffirmed the government’s commitment to decentralising access to vocational training.

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