Mr Nuha Y. Jammeh, a seasoned educationist and former principal of Ndow’s Comprehensive Junior and Senior Secondary School has been appointed executive director of the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSS) with effect from July 2011.
Mr Jammeh holds a Master of Arts Degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, United States of America. He also got a B.A degree in the subject areas of Geography, Sociology and Modern History from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.
He obtained the Primary Teachers’ Certificate from the then Yundum Teacher Training College.  Jammeh obtained a  Specialist (HTC) Teachers Certificate in Geography from the Advanced Training College, Winneba, Cape Coast, Ghana.
He taught for several years in many schools within different regions of the Gambia.
In addition, he worked at the Regional Education Office, Curriculum Development Centre as Principal Curriculum Development Officer responsible for Social and Environmental Studies before taking a voluntary retirement in 1992 and became the Head Master of Kotu Senior Secondary School up to 1994.
Jammeh lectured at the Gambia College upon leaving Kotu up to 1998 before finally proceeding to Ndow’s Comprehensive where he was till 2006.
Moreover, he served as a consultant on gender studies for UNICEF and also participated in the development and production of the Gambia National Environmental Action Plan.
He is a member of the National Council for Social Studies in the United States of America and also a member of African Social Studies Programme (ASSP).

He wrote several research books on Geographical, Sociological, Historical, and Religious topics.