Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 8
8 Education By 1983, there were only five high schools in the Gambia run by Christians: o Armitage High School Georgetown, o Gambia High School, Banjul, o St Joseph High School Banjul and o St Peter’s High School Lamin o St Augustine High School By the Grace of Allah, currently there are four high schools run by the Ahmadiyya Jama’at serving the nation in the educational field: • Nusrat High School, Serrekunda • Tahir Ahmadiyya Muslim High School, Mansa Konko • Nasir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary School, Basse • Masroor Ahmadiyya Muslim High School, Old Yundum and • Mbullum Ahmadiyya muslim high school There is still a need for more efforts in the educational field although; several new educational institutes have been established recently. A university has been established in Brikama wherein medicine is also being taught in addition to other important subjects. Traditional Religious Madrassas • Many Arabic madrassas belonging to different schools of thought have now started there. Their style of teaching and its effects are similar to those of the madrassas in the