Why school enrollment rate is up in Yei Daniel Friday | September 18, 2017 | 1:09 pm Schoolchildren march during a past function in Yei | Photo | The Niles
Enrollment of pupils and students has increased in Yei town due to introduction of a school feeding program, the Minister of Education in Yei River has said. The program was initiated by the World Food Program and Plan International and in collaboration with the state government recently. It is aimed at encouraging parents struggling to feed their children to send them to school and reduce the rate of school dropout. ‘Hitting two birds with one stone’ “Now that WFP and the Government brought this program in place, it is really helping so much – even parents because who cannot provide food at home have sent their children to school,” Lona Sadia told Eye Radio. “We are hitting two birds using one stone because these children eat food, learn and their immune system is good and healthy.” Miss Sadia attributed the hunger situation to insecurity, which she says, has interrupted farming in the area and most parents are thus unable to feed their children. Due to the increase in number of learners, Minister Sadia Lona urges WFP to supply more food to the school. Over ten thousand learners are reportedly benefiting from the school feeding program. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opa5ezKGTSTcZXyRr3NvmZT69kEFZmLa-gB3Tg1QK7Siw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
