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Omar Nyang Njie
The author began his career in the early Sixties as a civil servant with the Government of the Gambia for over three decades.Between 1965-1967 he successfully completed a Diploma in Mechanical Engi...ver másThe author began his career in the early Sixties as a civil servant with the Government of the Gambia for over three decades.Between 1965-1967 he successfully completed a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Kiel Hof-Hammer Institute, Germany. In later years, he successfully completed the following academic programs in the UK: (a) Master of Education from the University of Bristol, UK;and (b) Master of Philosophy in Labor Market Studies at Huddersfield University, UK.During 1968-1972, He taught Welding and Fabrication at the Vocational Center Banjul, The Gambia.He held the position of In-Plant Training Officer and served both the needs of Training Institutions and Industry. Subsequently, he held both the positions of Deputy Director and Director at the National Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (NCTEVT), which operates under the ambit of the Department of State for Education. He conducted a series of consultancies, for institutions in the public and private sectors in The Gambia. These consultancies includes: (a) An evaluation study and recommendations to improve the restructuring of the National Youth Service Scheme in Bakau, (b) the design of a vocational curriculum component for youth development on behalf of Sahel International Consultancy, Bakau,(c) formulated the design of the Second National Education Policy together with a team of four Gambians, under a UNDP funding.
The author retired in 2002, performed Hajj in Mecca, and then came over to join his wife and family in Maryland, USA. He then joined the Zawiyya of the Fuqara of Moncks Corner, SC, USA under the guidance and spiritual Sufi teachings of Sheikh Harun Al-Faqir until to date. His teachings has inspired me a lot, made me acquire an enormous knowledge in Islam which now made me see the world as a transitional path to choose between right and wrong, good and evil so as to account for ones deeds on the day of judgment.ver menos