{"id":444176,"date":"2011-06-20T08:24:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T08:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/standard-chartered-sponsors-debate-and-quiz-competition-in-bansang-education-cluster\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T08:24:01","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T08:24:01","slug":"standard-chartered-sponsors-debate-and-quiz-competition-in-bansang-education-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/standard-chartered-sponsors-debate-and-quiz-competition-in-bansang-education-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered Sponsors Debate and Quiz Competition in Bansang Education Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"54.2156321839\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foroyaa.gm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FOROYAA Newspaper<\/a> (Serrekunda)<\/p>\n<p>17 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Standard Chartered Bank believes that education provides a platform for the development of people and communities and thereby the progress of communities. In its bid to make a positive impact in the communities it operates in, the Bank sponsored the final competition of the Bansang Cluster Education Committee&#8217;s Inter-Schools Debate and Quiz competition as an indication of its commitment to being a force-for-good for the progress of this country, for its people and communities<\/p>\n<p>The Quiz\/Debate competition involved 10 schools; 1 Senior Secondary, 1 Upper Basic, 2 Basic Schools, and 6 Lower Basic Schools which are all situated in Upper Fulladu West District in Central River Region South.<\/p>\n<p>The Quiz and debate topics were drawn from General knowledge (e.g. Mathematics, English, General Science, History etc) with the topic for the debate being on &#8221; Banking is the most safe and efficient way of keeping money&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The winning schools were;<\/p>\n<p>Bansang Upper Basic School were the Winner of the Debating Competition<\/p>\n<p>Njoren Upper Basic School were the Runners-up for the Debating Competition<\/p>\n<p>Bansang lower Basic School were the Winners of the Quiz Competition<\/p>\n<p>Njoren Lower Basic School were the Runners-up for the Quiz Competition<\/p>\n<p>Mabally Kuta lower Basic school were on third place to the Quiz Competition<\/p>\n<p>Prizes were also given to the Best performing students in both the Quiz and debate competition. Abdou Saho of Bansang Upper Basic School was declared the winner of the Most Performing Student on the Debate Competition and Sonna Darboe of Bansang Lower Basic School was also declared the Most Performing Student in the Quiz competition.<\/p>\n<p>Consolation awards were given to the other participating schools:<\/p>\n<p>Daru Lower Basic School<\/p>\n<p>Galleh Manda Lower Basic School<\/p>\n<p>Jahanka Lower Basic School<\/p>\n<p>Sololo Basic Cycle School<\/p>\n<p>Momodou E. Jallow, Branch Operations Manager in Standard Charter&#8217;s Basse branch who represented the Bank said, &#8220;We are delighted to sponsor this learning and development programmes in partnership with the Basang Cluster Education Committee.<\/p>\n<p>This sponsorship is uniquely aimed at providing the requisite skills and attitude in our future leaders in URR and CRR to foster academic excellence. Standard Chartered Bank&#8217;s established footprint in The Gambia, along with our long history of supporting the socio-economic development of the country, places us in a unique position to address pressing needs in our local community as we remain committed to being here for good&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106200307.html\" title=\"Standard Chartered Sponsors Debate and Quiz Competition in Bansang Education Cluster\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Standard Chartered Sponsors Debate and Quiz Competition in Bansang Education Cluster<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda) 17 June 2011 Standard Chartered Bank believes that education provides a platform for the development of people and communities and thereby the progress of communities. 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