Muhammad Lamin Janneh was born in Gunjur Town, situated at the Western Kombo of The Gambia in West Africa. He attended Gunjur Primary School where he took the Common Entrance Examination in 1975, and then took his GCE at Nusrat High School in 1981. From 1981 to 1987, he was employed by the Department of Education in The Gambia, West Africa, as a Math and a General Science teacher. He taught Math and General Science at Kerewan Secondary School in the North Bank Division of The Gambia from 1981 to 1983, where he served as Acting Senior Master of the teaching staff. He also served as the acting head of the Math Department at the same time, as the only math teacher for the entire secondary school during the 1981 to 1982 academic year. From 1983 to 1985, he went to Gambia College to become a Certified Teacher (Trained Teacher) in primary education. After graduation, he was posted at N’yani Kayai Primary School where he served as acting head teacher of the school of 98 students from 1985 to 1986. From 1986 to 1987, he went back to Gambia College to pursue a Highest Teacher Certificate (HTC) in Math and Physics, and later in Biology to become a Certified Teacher (Trained Teacher) in Secondary Education. Currently he is pursuing PhD at an Institution of High Learning in the USA.
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