Primary school · New Jeshwang

ABC Primary School in New Jeshwang

Our largest school: 780 pupils and 49 staff across six years of primary and three years of lower secondary — with a library, a computer room and its own kitchen.

The schoolyard at the ABC school in New Jeshwang

2010
Opened in November
780
Pupils
18
Classrooms
49
Employees

Nine school years under one roof

The school in New Jeshwang opened in November 2010 and is Butterfly Friends' largest. Children spend six years in primary and three in lower secondary, a short walk from the preschool in Ebo Town.

The campus has 18 classrooms, offices, a library, a computer room, a staff room and its own kitchen department serving a hot lunch every day — plus a hundred-square-metre terrace where the whole school can gather.

Head teacher Patrick Bojang leads the school together with deputy head Sampha Kamara and a teaching staff of dozens of Gambian teachers.

The first generation with an education

New Jeshwang is a very poor area, and for many families the children studying here are the first generation to receive any education at all. As in all our schools, we work here to keep eight out of ten pupils girls.

Much of the furniture was donated from Norway. Over the years Butterfly Friends has shipped 47 containers of school furniture, books and equipment to the schools in The Gambia.

Employees at the school in New Jeshwang

Samba Touray
Head administrator
Advanced Diploma in Education · Since 2014
Patrick Eb. Bojang
Head teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2006
Sampha Kamara
Deputy head master / Grade 3 teacher
Since 2010
Amie Jallow
Accountant
Association of Business Executives · Since 2014
Kaddijatou Sonko
Librarian
WASSCE · Since 2020
Njeimeh Sarr
Grade 1 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2024
Manyima Kah
Grade 1 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2023
Idrisa Javo
Grade 2 teacher
Diploma in Education, Gambia College · Since 2022
Assan Gaye
Grade 1 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2024
Hassan Bah
IT teacher
Certified Cisco Network Associate · Since 2016
Yamundow N Drammeh
Grade 2 teacher
Advanced Diploma in Education
Alieu Jammeh
Grade 4 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2013
Haddy Njie
Grade 2 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2022
Kawasu Drammeh
PE teacher
Diploma in Education + P.E., Gambia College · Since 2013
Abu Abdoulie M Ceesay
Grade 6 & Arabic teacher
Since 2014
Samba Baldeh
Grade 3 & 4 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2016
Bakary Jawara
Grade 3 teacher
Diploma in Education, Gambia College
Abdolouie Sidibeh
Grade 2 teacher
Diploma in Education
Aramata Tunkara
Grade 2 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2025
Ousman Colley
Grade 5 teacher
Since 2022
Omar Darboe
Grade 2 teacher
Since 2018
Ram Samba
French teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2014
T Foday Ba Silla
IT teacher
Diploma in Information Technology · Since 2013
Amadou Bah
Grade 6 maths teacher
Advanced Diploma in Education, Gambia College · Since 2016
Muhammed Fatty
Grade 6 teacher
Advanced Diploma in Education · Since 2020
Muhammed Sanneh
French teacher
Advanced Diploma in Education, Gambia College · Since 2016
Tegos Mendy
Grade 6 French teacher
Advanced Diploma in Education · Since 2014
Nfansumana Bojang
Teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2013
Kebba Sambou
Grade 6 maths teacher
Advanced Diploma in Education, Gambia College · Since 2013
Florence Sanneh
Grade 1 teacher
Diploma in Education · Since 2025

Cooks and cleaners
Harr Manneh, Awa Njie, Maimuna Drammeh, Tabara Njie, Yai Saidykhan, Isatou Jallow, Fatou Darboe, Lissa Suno, Maimuna Jarju, Mama Yabo, Faye Drammeh, Abbsa Jobe, Mariama Ceesay, Kumba Sawaneh, Awa Janko, Isatou Bajinka, Mama Saidykan

Photographs

From the school in New Jeshwang

Hot lunch from the school kitchen
The computer room
A lesson in progress
Pupils in the schoolyard
Schoolbooks ready to hand out
Graduating pupils

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