Juba, July 5, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese teachers are planning a huge demonstration to show their dissatisfaction over government failure to pay their salaries, a Juba University lecturer who talked exclusively with the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) and demanded anonymity for fear of reprisal said on Friday. The lecturer explains that teachers have…
Juba, April 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The European Union (EU) has pledged to fund a five-year educational program designed to help South Sudanese children attend schools, cover their meals, equip them with educational supplies, and provide psychosocial support services to children and youths. Both the EU and the United Nations said the program will be…
Juba, March 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan will introduce new text books for new school curriculum tomorrow, a source at the ministry of education told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) today. The official says Vice President James Wani Iggga will introduce the new text book tomorrow and that many officials…
Juba, February 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Lutheran World Foundation, South Sudan’s Ministry of Education, CRA, and UNHCR refugee community have launched ‘back to school’ campaign in former Unity State, Ajuong Thok and Pamir refugee camps. The UNHCR and its partners say they are waging the campaign to…
Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudan young woman was forced to drop out of school and went into hiding after her parents forced her to marry a man nearly twice her age, the VOA reports. The report says a woman who goes by the name Akuac Ring Ariik, a 20-year old, briefly…
Nairobi, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese young girls in UN-run Kakuma camp want better education so that they can improve their lives and have better jobs after graduation, a news report says. The news article, published by The Hechinger Report, says South Sudanese girls in Kakuma want education and that the refugee life…
Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese medical doctor Thomas Taban Akot who studied medicines in Inje University in South Korea honors a South Korean he described as “an older brother figure.” Thomas Taban Akot, a 33-year old native of present-day Tonj State, met South Korean Priest John Lee Tae-seok in 2001 in…
Nairobi, December 19, 2018 (SSNA) — A Kenyan-based Refugee Response Plan (RRP) has partnered with the government of Kenya to help South Sudanese refugees pursue education in camps, a statement obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has revealed. RRP said it will promote economic inclusion and business opportunities for both refugees and the…
Juba, May 30, 2018 (SSNA) — An educational charity group said its South Sudan’s projects in the war-torn young nation have increased drastically. The agency states that new 60,000 South Sudanese children have been enrolled in schools. Windle Trust International (WTI), a UK-based education advocacy group, operates schools in Unity, Lakes, and the Western Equatoria…
Juba, April 17, 2018 (SSNA) — Father David Tulimelli, parish priest at the Salesian St. Vincent de Paul parish which operates Don Bosco Gumbo, has dedicated his life to the youth of South Sudan. He has been a witness to the young country’s troubles and was praised in 2016 for his efforts to assist those…