Gambian Minister of Education Explored the Education Selection of the University of Turku
The new Gambian Minister of Education Badara A. Joof and Professor and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of the Gambia Pierre Gomez visited the University of Turku and the Helsinki office of Finland University on 18–20 June. The visit was a part of the Gambian delegation’s broader tour to the Nordic countries and their education.
Minister of Education of the Gambia Badara A. Joof is interested in the comprehensive development of his country’s education sector. The delegation’s visit in Helsinki was connected to the previously started discussions between the University of the Gambia and Finland University about the continuing education of Gambian teachers. The purpose of the visit was to expand the already started discussions about co-operation.
During its tour, the delegation also visited the University of Turku to discuss possibilities of co-operation. In addition to Rector Kalervo Väänänen, the guests met representatives of the Department of Geography and Geology, Department of Teacher Education, and Department of Future Technologies and discussed co-operation.
At the Department of Geography and Geology, the guests were presented interesting examples of the operations of the University of Turku in Africa related to co-operation with Tanzanian higher education institutions, and at the Faculty of Education, the guests discussed the continuing education of teachers. Moreover, Minister of Education Badara A. Joof was also interested in the ICT programmes of the University of Turku, which were introduced with the current topics of data science and cyber security, for example.
Photo: Hanna Oksanen