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South Sudan is believed to have the worst literacy rate in the world, behind even Mali and Niger. A July 2012 report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) found that less than 2 percent of the population has completed primary school education.
Adult Literacy: 27 percent (2009)
Primary School Enrollment
- 2006: 700,000
- 2010: 1.6 million
Government Education Spending
South Sudan allocates 16 percent of the national budget to education. However opposition political parties and aid agencies claim the real figure is less than 10 percent.
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- Tuesday 12 February 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
February 11, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Twenty South Sudanese police cadets have started scholarships at an Ethiopian military academy in an effort to improve the professionalism of the force which is regularly (...)
- Monday 10 August 2009
August 9, 2009 (RUMBEK) — A government delegation arrived to the capital of Lakes State to discuss arrangements for the opening of Rumbek University this academic year.
During a visit in February 2006 to the Lakes State, President Omer (...)
- Monday 16 May 2011
May 15, 2011 (ABYEI)- A senior official in the minister of education of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) said on Sunday his ministry is encouraging parents and family members of school-going age children to dissuade them from (...)
- Thursday 28 June 2012
June 27, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The Lakes state government is set to establish four new senior secondary schools to accommodate the increasing number of students studying at the secondary level.
Lakes state minister of information and (...)
- Friday 15 February 2013
February 14, 2013 (BOR) - The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) announced on Thursday at a ceremony in Jonglei state that it will sponsor 40 South Sudanese students through secondary school in 2013. The principal of Malek Academy addressing (...)
- Friday 31 August 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
August 30, 2012 (BENTIU) - Elderly members of the community in South Sudan’s Unity State are raising funds to build schools for children who lose their parents during the civil war that led to South Sudan’s (...)
- Monday 19 March 2012
March 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The University of Khartoum re-opened its doors on Sunday after being closed for two months following clashes between police and students.
Sudan’s most prestigious university was suspended in December after (...)
- Thursday 10 August 2006
Aug 9, 2006 (NAIROBI) — A high-level delegation from southern Sudan ended a three-day educational tour in Kenya on Wednesday and pledged security for its Kenyan personnel who will be sent to its vast region.
The governments of Kenya (...)
- Wednesday 20 September 2006
Sept 19, 2006 (JUBA) — The Ministry of Education in the Government of Southern Sudan has contracted a Sudan-based construction company to renovate Juba University. University of Juba (USIP)
Kano for Trading and Investments Company won (...)
- Friday 16 November 2012
Doha, Qatar- UNICEF South Sudan today signed a three-year agreement with Educate A Child, a new initiative from Qatar’s Sheikha Moza bint Nasser aimed at triggering progress towards the goal of quality primary education for all the (...)
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