Educational 217
Objectives
(5)
The State shall encourage and promote the establishment
and maintenance of contributory schemes that shall provide
economic security for all citizens.
(6)
The State shall endeavour to ensure safe systems of
working for persons who are employed and to provide that
such persons are entitled to adequate rest, leave and leisure.
(7)
The State shall endeavour to ensure that adequate sports
facilities are established throughout The Gambia and that
sports are promoted as a means of fostering national
integration, health and self-discipline and international
friendship and understanding.
(1)
The State shall endeavour to provide adequate educational
opportunities at all levels of study for all citizens.
(2)
The state shall pursue policies to ensure basic education for
all citizens and shall endeavour to provide adequate
resources so that such tuition for basic education shall be
free for all citizens.
(3)
The state shall endeavour to provide skills training centres.
(4)
The State shall take measures to create an adult literacy
programme, rehabilitative vocational training for the
disabled, and continuing education programmes.
Cultural objectives 218
The state and all the people of The Gambia shall strive to protect,
preserve and foster the languages, historic sites, cultural, natural
and artistic heritage of The Gambia.
Foreign relations 219
The State shall endeavour to ensure that in international relations
it:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
promotes and protects the interest of The Gambia;
seeks the establishment of a just and equitable
international economic and social order;
fosters respect for international law, treaty
obligations and the settlement of international
disputes by peaceful means; and
is guided by the principle and goals of international
and regional organisations of which The Gambia is
a signatory.