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From 500 to 700 pupils: New school structure drives enrollment
In South Sudan, a country with one of the world’s highest proportions of out-of-school children where nearly three in five have never set foot in a classroom or have dropped out, accessing education remains a major challenge. The young nation has approximately 8,000 primary schools, 120 secondary schools, and 12...
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UN Agencies, EU Delegation launch project to promote education, livelihoods, and community cohesion
JUBA, – Three UN agencies and the European Union (EU) Delegation to South Sudan at a signing ceremony in Juba today launched a new programme to strengthen education, resilience and social cohesion in areas affected by displacement and returns. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Food Prog...
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Schoolchildren in Abyei aspire to higher education despite all odds
Protected from the harsh midday sun only by the plastic sheeted roof, and with makeshift walls of bamboo, 14-year-old Nyandeng smiles shyly as she talks about the upcoming Primary 8 exams. “I’m quite confident because I have been preparing for weeks and I know I will graduate to Senior 1,” she says from the front ...
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Cash Incentives Provide a Lifeline for Teachers in South Sudan
Kumboti Frederic James is a teacher at Pazuo Primary School in Yambio County, Western Equatoria State. In South Sudan, teachers are referred to as ‘Ustaz’ which means teacher in Arabic, as a sign of respect. Ustaz Kumboti teaches mathematics, English, social studies and religion to primary 4, 5, 6 and 8th-grade st...
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One-time incentive payments being made to Primary Teachers through OUTREACH programme
Juba, South Sudan, 6 Sept 2021, – 33,000 primary school teachers will be paid an incentive, totaling, 21,400 SSP, each, covering a period of three months through the OUTREACH project implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI) and with support from the Euro...
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Reopening schools – at a high cost
Parents are moving their children to stay with relatives where school fees are more affordable. It is a hard decision to send their children away from their homes. Since schools reopened in early May, getting children back in class has not been an easy task in South Sudan. “I am very happy the classes have resumed...
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UNICEF is urging parents to send their children back to school
Juba, South Sudan, 29 April 2021, – As schools across South Sudan are reopening Monday 3 rd of May, all parents and caregivers should send their children to school, UNICEF said today. Most schools have been closed for 15 months due to COVID-19 restrictions. Only candidate classes could resume in October last year....
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Hope revived as schools reopen
You can sense the jubilation at Development Secondary School in Juba as senior four students braced the blistering heat to celebrate the completion of their secondary school examinations. Happy and excited, students jumped with joy after dusting the last examination paper- the day they have been looking forward to...
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UNICEF delivered exam papers in SPLM-IO areas
Juba, South Sudan 15 February 2021, – This weekend, UNICEF delivered examination papers to seven counties in South Sudan where exams were postponed. Four days ago, the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI) announced that Primary 8 candidates who missed out on their exams last week, would sit their ...
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Examination papers by air
“I’m not worried about the exams; I think I will do well. English is my favorite subject and I hope to do well on my exam," Marsa Abak (19) says confidently. In just two days, the exam week for primary eight students starts in Romic in Tonj East. The students have studied hard since November when the school reopen...
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Primary 8 National Exams, a Sign of Hope
A boy standing in front of a bus Luoyhok Thuok Gat, Primary 8 candidate, has an early morning as he gets on the bus to be taken to the second day of National Exams At 5:00am Rania Pasquole wakes up to prepare tea for her family and run out the door, mask in hand, to meet her fellow classmates getting on the bus. She sits down beside Luoyhok Thuok…
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Scaling up radio education for children in South Sudan.
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, 11 MAY 2020, – Educational radio programmes for children on Radio Miraya was launched today, enabling more children to continue their learning while schools are closed. Since 20 March 2020, education facilities have been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure children are staying enga...