At a time when education needs a diversified approach, the Sierra Leone Government has this week appointed Dr. Mohamed Ramadan Jalloh as Sierra Leone’s Representative to the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education.
Founded by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in May 1979, ICESCO, formerly ISESCO is an international organization specialized in the fields of education, science, culture and communication. And Sierra Leone is a member of ICESCO.
Dr. Jalloh’s – a humble and top-class scholar is one of the country’s leading figures in Islamic education. And he is not only grounded in Islamic education, but Western education as well, which will make his job easier.
I rang Dr. Jalloh last night and asked him about his functions and responsibilities in the ministry. Quoting the Harvard trained Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, “the Saudi trained Economist, Dr. Mohamed R. Jalloh’s appointment to the position is aimed at selling the government’s education agenda to the Islamic World, cater for the development of Arabic education in the country and reorganize the ‘katatibs’ in the country, so that they too will benefit from government opportunities in the education sector which is a top priority of the Bio regime.”
He added that his appointment will enable the government to come up with a well-structured Arabic curriculum that will meet the needs of the current world.
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