By Bida Elly David Education experts have called on young girls in education institutions to commit themselves to learn amid continuous changes that the world is undergoing to enable them abstain from dependency. This development came during the welcoming ceremony of first year students at Juba Secondary School recently accompanied[Read More…]
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Turkey awards scholarships to 15 students
By Mary Poni The Embassy of Turkey in South Sudan has granted scholarship opportunities to fifteen South Sudanese for both refugees and non-refugees students to study in Turkey. The Turkish Embassy yesterday beat farewell to the 15 students who won the scholarship and Thursday was the last day for them[Read More…]
Juba University hikes tuition, imposes $100 development fund
By Taban Henry The University of Juba has proposed an increase of tuition in which the least students will pay 100,000 SSP with an additional development fund of 100 US Dollars for all students to transform the infrastructure of the institution. Earlier in 2019, the students at the University of[Read More…]
Governor Akeen tells parents to take children to school
By William Madouk Garang The governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBGs), Tong Akeen Ngor has encouraged parents to take their children to schools to enable them have a brighter future. Governor Akeen made the statement on Saturday during his inspection visit to Yargot Upper Primary School in Aweil[Read More…]
Girls celebrating the news for their cash transfer-Courtesy photo
By Bida Elly David Girls’ Education South Sudan (GESS) has started preparing for the cash transfer payment for the year 2022 in full gear as well as commenced the validation of eligible girls to receive the grants. The cash program was initiated by donors through the Ministry of General Education[Read More…]
NBGs Education Ministry Recruits 60 Teachers
By Ngor Deng Mayem The ministry of Education in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State has announced the recruitment of 60 qualified teachers to improve learning. The new teachers shall be assigned in schools which are turned into modern learning schools namely; Aweil National, Salam Girls, Santo Ayang, Malek Alel, Gok[Read More…]
University of Juba lecturers give gov’t more time to pay salaries
By Adia Jildo The deans of the University of Juba have given the government one more week to swiftly respond to their demand. Lecturers in the University of Juba lifted the ultimatum in regards to the failure of the Minister of Finance to pay their six-month’s salaries. Bek Thurjang, the[Read More…]
Police detain three protesting students
By Chol Makol Riak At least three protesting students from Dr. John Garang Memorial University have been detained by the police on Tuesday. Early this month, the university’s administration ordered some of the students to repeat the same classes, an order which led to protest where the students closed the[Read More…]
Students briefly shutdown Dr. John Garang University
By Chol Makol Riak Students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology on Tuesday briefly shutdown the University’s offices while protesting. Last week, the university’s administration enforced an order urging students who failed one course to repeat the whole academic year. A third year protesting student who[Read More…]
JICA launches co-chair project at Juba University
By Adia Jildo Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched its first co- chair project in the learning at the University of Juba. The 5 years’ project will focus on enlightening the steps of modernization and economic development of Japan and how South Sudan can use the experience to develop[Read More…]
Ethiopia awards 29 scholarships to South Sudanese doctors
By Philip Buda Ladu The Government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia has awarded more scholarships to 29 South Sudanese student doctors to pursue their post-graduate programs on different specialty areas in the field of medicine. The 29 doctors were among the over 70 practicing South Sudanese medical officers drawn[Read More…]
Juba University collaborates to launch Hospitality school
By Adia Jildo The University of Juba and Zetech University in Kenya are set to launch a joint school of hospitality and tourism in the University of Juba. The school set to be launched in the next academic year will help boost economic empowerment in the country as part of[Read More…]
Jubek releases results for Primary Certificate of Education
By, Bosco Bush Taban Jubek State government has released its final results for the Primary Certificate of Education (PCE) 2019. In a press statement held on 10th February 2020 at the ministry premises the Minister of Education and Instruction, Dr. Wani Sule Ladu said that there is a slight increase[Read More…]