Shortage Of Funds Delays Re-Opening Of Bahr el Ghazal University The Bahr el Ghazal University in Western Bahr el Ghazal state is experiencing a shortage of money to maintain the facilities at the university and this will also affect the scheduled reopening.
18 April 2013 By James Deng Dimo WAU, 18 April 2013[Gurtong] – Ethaya Ayuel Deng the principal at the University in Western Bahr el Ghazal State said students were expected to begin in the first week of April 2013 according the central government Ministry of Higher Education. “The University is only receiving the salaries from the Ministry of Finance in Juba but we are not earning anything on services money allocated due to the Country’s challenges on austerity measures since the shutting down of South Sudan’s oil input last year,” he said. “Without money this year, it will be very difficult for us to reopen the University,” he said. “Our students will be more expecting the maintenance of their accommodation places to be in place,” he mentioned. “We also facing a problem of teaching staff of medicine and veterinary science of which we were since last year been demanding the transfer of our colleagues from Khartoum Sudan to take over their duties,” he said. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
