University Students Forum Advocate For Unity And Literacy Students from the various Sudanese Universities held a consultative meeting in Rumbek yesterday tackling insecurity and unemployment in the State. The meeting was attended by Lakes State Minister of Education Daniel Ayual Makoi, who also serves as Deputy Governor in Lakes State Government. 25 July 2011 University Students Forum Advocate For Unity And Literacy Unity State University students past graduation ceremony [©Sudan.net]
By Gabriel Mayom RUMBEK, 25th July, 2011 [Gurtong] – Students from the various Sudanese Universities held a consultative meeting in Rumbek yesterday tackling insecurity and unemployment in the State. The meeting was attended by Lakes State Minister of Education Daniel Ayual Makoi, who also serves as Deputy Governor in Lakes State Government. Speaking during the launch session at the South Sudan logistic (SSL) compound, Makoi said that the youth consultative forum was a very instructive and educative body. Hon. Makoi promised Lakes State University students that the State government will promote education and be fully committed to support girl child education. “There is no nation around the world without youths; there is no nation that can be built without facilitation of the youth because they are the strongest age group of any nation,” said Makoi. The Education Minister clarified that the young generation is the beauty of each and every community and it really gives pleasure to see that youths are trying to recognize their talents in support of nation building. Lakes State Government has been unstable due to insecurity caused by cattle raiders, robbery and weak judicial organs in the State. The State Governor has appealed severally to South Sudan Government leadership for judicial reforms and to deploy enough police forces but due to bureaucracy, the process will take long than expected. Speaking during the forum, the Chairman of the Student Consultative Forum Mr. Moses Mading Khoch, said the forum is focusing on the students affairs, organization of students bodies and how students could dialogue with their respective communities in order to lower tribalism in governance. Mading affirmed that, “the main objective here is to promote peace, unity and progress among the students and the entire community of Lakes State and the neighbouring States. The second aim is to allow students to organize themselves and fully participate in social and cultural activities irrespective of their tribe sections, gender, religion and language. The other objective is to promote the literacy levels and encourage education in Lakes State especially in support of girl child education.” University students from South Sudan, Sudan and East Africa in Rumbek who were the main delegates, expressed their views that the body will transform people in the community to uphold peace and reconcile conflicting groups and also to promote education. Matur Theem Abil, a student from Juba University in Khartoum said that there are enormous challenges facing youths in Lakes State that need to be addressed by the State Government urgently. He affirmed that students should participate fully on the affairs that promote unity and reconciliation among the community. Matur appealed to the State Government to address issues of unemployment from various sectors, this would curb social vices in the society. Another student Akur Costa Mapuor, appealed for girls in schools to continue with their education. She added that the girl child in school need to be given high protection by the government in order to complete their studies without forced marriages being imposed on them by relatives. Posted in: Home, Education Comments RSS comment feed There are currently no comments, be the first to post one. -- 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.
