Dr. Garang De Mabior’s Former School Restricts Enrollment Rumbek Senior Secondary School, a national school and a former school to the late hero Dr. John Garang de Mabior have cut off their 2011 student’s enrollment list to 200 the new headmaster Faranic Mabor Meen has confirmed.04 March 2011 Happy faces: Schoolgirls at a secondary school in Rumbek [©Gurtong] By Manyang Mayom
RUMBEK, March 3, 2011 [Gurtong] _ Rumbek Senior Secondary School, a national school and a former school to the late hero Dr. John Garang de Mabior have cut off their 2011 student’s enrollment list to 200 the new headmaster Faranic Mabor Meen has confirmed. Mr. Meen told Sudan Catholic Radio Good News on Wednesday that the 2011 intake will be limited to 200 students only due to lack of classrooms space. He also promised to improve education of the national school despite difficulties he had to endure. Meen received his appointment from the Ministry of Education in Juba after being recommended by Lakes State Minister of Education and is yet to meet with the former headmaster before officially starting his duties. He confessed that there are many challenges awaiting him among them; food shortage, teachers and books. He promised to try his best to improve the institution. The 2011 academic year calendar should have started on 14th February but had delayed due to the returnees settling there. Meanwhile, Garnob Makur a candidate at Rumbek Secondary School welcomed the new head teacher adding that he expects him to duly address some of the issues affecting his school like shortage of teaching staff and fencing the school compound. Garnob also suggested that the school need to be put under Lakes State government since the Government of South Sudan is not present on the ground to address their grievances. Prominent leaders in Southern Sudan Schooled at Rumbek Secondary School making it a treasured learning institution in Southern Sudan. Posted in: Home, Education -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
