India created Vocational Training Center (VTC) and Incubation Center (IC) in Banjul and handed over to the Gambian authorities in September 2017. The Centre is imparting training in disciplines such as plumbing, welding, electrical, construction sector, carpentry, draftsman-ship, survey, plastic technology demonstration cum training, ICT, agro and food processing, gemstones cutting and polishing etc.
The Gambia joined India’s tele-education and tele-medicine platform eVBAB in March 2020; by October 2021, more than 80 Gambian students registered for tele-education courses under this scheme.
Indian Council for Cultural Relations allots 33 scholarships to The Gambian nationals every year for higher education in India.
