USAID, WES Inaugurates Yabongo Girl’s Secondary School The government of Western Equatoria State (WES) in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); officially inaugurated Yabongo Girls boarding school at Yambio County yesterday.04 December 2011 WES Governor Hon. Banagasi Joseph Bakosoro delivering his speech at the occasion [©Girtong]By Juliana Siapai YAMBIO, 4th December 2011l [Gurtong] - The government of Western Equatoria State (WES) in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); officially inaugurated Yabongo Girls boarding school at Yambio County yesterday.
The State Ministry of Education completed the construction of the classrooms with additional funding from the USAID. The construction of additional facilities started in December 2010 as part of long term strategy. The USAID Mission Director Mr. Kevin Mullally said that the education of young women is one of the most important investments any nation can make. The United States of America (USA) is one of the largest bilateral donors to South Sudan since 2008, the American government has invested more than I billion US Dollars on programs designed to stabilize communities to foster economic and agricultural growth and many others to respond to the needs of South Sudanese. The Governor of Western Equatoria Hon. Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro pledged to support any girl who will perform the best in the upcoming South Sudan School Certificate Examinations. Bakosoro revealed that this is the first boarding school to be built in South Sudan after independence, “this is a very big achievement to the State and we should appreciate the American government for their support to our girls in pursuing their education. He added that the State government recognizes that without women, men will mismanage everything in the government. Governor Bakosoro urged the American Government to also invest in training teachers in order to have quality education in South Sudan. He warned against any demonstrations by any institution or school in the State that will lead to the destruction of these facilities. Meanwhile the Deputy National Minister of General Education and Instruction in the republic of South Sudan, Rebecca Joshua Akwachi said that the day marks history in the country as an achievement after the independence. She said that her Ministry policy is to promote the girl child education, in order to reduce gender disparity. The deputy Minister called for tougher rules against those who abuse the rights of school girls. The State Minister of Education of Education Adel Senderi said that this is just the beginning an end to problems facing girls in the State. He added that out of the 2,600 teachers in the State, only 408 are trained teachers teaching an average of 92,000 students across the State. He said the Ministry has already come up with a Girl Education Bill that will help protect girls child education in the State. Posted in: Home, Education, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
