By Yiep Joseph A retired Lakes State teacher, Joseph Wade Rech, attributed national exam leaks to delayed teacher salaries. He argues that delayed teacher salaries have pushed educators to sell exams as a means of survival, questioning why the government is surprised by such actions. In an interview with SSBC,[Read More…]
Education
Africa Zeal University’s 45 pioneers to graduate
By Bosco Bush Africa Zeal University (AZU), established in 2018 and officially launching lectures in 2021, is set to celebrate its first graduation ceremony this weekend, conferring degrees to 45 students in its inaugural class. On Saturday, November 16, the graduands will receive their credentials in two primary fields: the[Read More…]
Locked schools, no teaching-NBGs teachers
By William Madouk As schools, country wide open today, thousands of learners in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State (NBGs) will miss classes as teachers vow keep gates locked over their sliced pay. According to the national ministry of general education and instruction, the education calendar commences today, February 5th[Read More…]
Starford University graduates over 300 students
By William Madouk At least 367 students, on Saturday, graduated from Starford International University, South Sudan in various fields of study. The grandaunts were from fields of Computer sciences, Law, economics, management and school of journalism among others. They were awarded with diplomas and bachelor’s degrees during the third convocation that[Read More…]
Aweil students decry poor conditions
By Hou Akot Hou The leadership of Aweil students studying in Western Bahr el Ghazal University, Wau has expressed hardships to their Northern Bahr el Ghazal state Governor Tong Aken Ngor. He said they are faced with difficult conditions as they pursue their academics. The students’ leadership headed by Mr.[Read More…]
UoJ student transverses the world with his paintings
By Aweye Teddy Onam Ashraf Abdurrahman Kuku, a South Sudanese artist has become the latest national to paint a good image of the country after his art work transverses the world. He won a competition organized by the community outreach Unit of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in[Read More…]
Bahr El Ghazal University dissolves Academic Staff Association
By William Madouk Garang The Vice chancellor of the University of Bahr el Ghazal, Prof. Victor Loku Kwajok, issued an order for indefinite dissolution of the executive body of the Academic Staff Association. According to the Vice Chancellor, the decision was reached due to the body’s failure to attend a[Read More…]
SOUTH SUDAN: Academics sound alarm over school syllabus errors
By William Madouk Garang Mathematics academics at the University of Juba have expressed concern over series of errors and technical mistakes in the newly unified South Sudan General Education Curriculum (SSGEC). The academicians from the department of mathematics, School of Education at the University of Juba, said the new syllabus[Read More…]
Schools imposing heavy charges to candidates face punitive measures
By Taban Tom Henry The National Examination Council has on Wednesday warned schools imposing heavy examination charges to candidates preparing to sit for the 2022-2023 examination threatening them with severe punitive measures. Addressing the media in a joint press briefing, the Secretary General for the National Examination Council Simon Nyok[Read More…]
Education experts urge girls to be committed to learning
By Bida Elly David Education experts have called on young girls in education institutions to commit themselves to learn amid continuous changes that the world is undergoing to enable them abstain from dependency. This development came during the welcoming ceremony of first year students at Juba Secondary School recently accompanied[Read More…]
Turkey awards scholarships to 15 students
By Mary Poni The Embassy of Turkey in South Sudan has granted scholarship opportunities to fifteen South Sudanese for both refugees and non-refugees students to study in Turkey. The Turkish Embassy yesterday beat farewell to the 15 students who won the scholarship and Thursday was the last day for them[Read More…]
Juba University hikes tuition, imposes $100 development fund
By Taban Henry The University of Juba has proposed an increase of tuition in which the least students will pay 100,000 SSP with an additional development fund of 100 US Dollars for all students to transform the infrastructure of the institution. Earlier in 2019, the students at the University of[Read More…]
Governor Akeen tells parents to take children to school
By William Madouk Garang The governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBGs), Tong Akeen Ngor has encouraged parents to take their children to schools to enable them have a brighter future. Governor Akeen made the statement on Saturday during his inspection visit to Yargot Upper Primary School in Aweil[Read More…]
Girls celebrating the news for their cash transfer-Courtesy photo
By Bida Elly David Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) has started preparing for the cash transfer payment for the year 2022 in full gear as well as commenced the validation of eligible girls to receive the grants. The cash program was initiated by donors through the Ministry of General Education[Read More…]
NBGs Education Ministry Recruits 60 Teachers
By Ngor Deng Mayem The ministry of Education in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State has announced the recruitment of 60 qualified teachers to improve learning. The new teachers shall be assigned in schools which are turned into modern learning schools namely; Aweil National, Salam Girls, Santo Ayang, Malek Alel, Gok[Read More…]
University of Juba lecturers give gov’t more time to pay salaries
By Adia Jildo The deans of the University of Juba have given the government one more week to swiftly respond to their demand. Lecturers in the University of Juba lifted the ultimatum in regards to the failure of the Minister of Finance to pay their six-month’s salaries. Bek Thurjang, the[Read More…]
Police detain three protesting students
By Chol Makol Riak At least three protesting students from Dr. John Garang Memorial University have been detained by the police on Tuesday. Early this month, the university’s administration ordered some of the students to repeat the same classes, an order which led to protest where the students closed the[Read More…]
Students briefly shutdown Dr. John Garang University
By Chol Makol Riak Students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology on Tuesday briefly shutdown the University’s offices while protesting. Last week, the university’s administration enforced an order urging students who failed one course to repeat the whole academic year. A third year protesting student who[Read More…]
JICA launches co-chair project at Juba University
By Adia Jildo Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched its first co- chair project in the learning at the University of Juba. The 5 years’ project will focus on enlightening the steps of modernization and economic development of Japan and how South Sudan can use the experience to develop[Read More…]
Ethiopia awards 29 scholarships to South Sudanese doctors
By Philip Buda Ladu The Government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia has awarded more scholarships to 29 South Sudanese student doctors to pursue their post-graduate programs on different specialty areas in the field of medicine. The 29 doctors were among the over 70 practicing South Sudanese medical officers drawn[Read More…]