Schools in Jonglei’s Duk county re-open after closure
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April 19, 2015 (BOR) - Hundreds of pupils resumed studies in Ayueldit
and Poktap villages in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, a year after
rebellion forced them out of school.
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Pupils armed with sticks withdraw from education offices, Bor, South
Sudan, December 15, 2011 (ST)
Majority of the newly registered pupils are reportedly Lou Nuer and
Garwar communities internally displaced in these villages.
Re-opening of schools was announced by the Duk county education
department in March, as parents were urged to comply.
Paul Deng, the head teacher of Poktap primary school, said they had
managed to register up to 996 pupils from primary one up to six.
“We started in March with a small population of about 1,000 pupils;
today we have more than 1,300 pupils. And we are receiving more
children on daily basis”, Deng told Sudan Tribune on Sunday.
“The unwanted schools vacation imposed by the crisis was long and
devastating; many children never accessed education for 15 months. A
lot others missed their exams that could have earned them promotion to
secondary schools,” he added.
According to Deng, the armed rebellion in Duk county resulted into
many educational facilities and infrastructures either destroyed or
looted by the armed opposition forces.
“Duk now uses texts books and other learning materials supplied to
them by Twic East County education office,” he said, adding that the
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Church & Development also pledged
to support schools with sanitary kits.
The rebels completely destroyed 18 of the 20 primary schools in Duk
county last year.
(ST)
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