Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
By John Actually
October 12 2009 (GARANG INSTITUTE, BOR) — Sudanese students in Canada complain of high living costs on top of their tuitions fees, a circumstance which John Kuol majak, a student at Dalhousie University describe as “thorny situation” in their studies.
Speaking from Canada , John Kuol affirms that over 50 Sudanese Students (second year) are admitted in Dalhousie University with twenty percent of this year’s graduates taking sciences.
Stumbled by taxation, Mr. Kuol claimed that they end up spending almost US $1,200 monthly for accommodation in their campuses.
He added that “most of us are compelled by the same condition to apply for nationality to avoid paying $30,000US as tuition fees for International students”.
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Students are offered different scholarships depending on the sponsors’ financial capabilities. “It is hard for students, whose scholarships are less than a year, to make both ends meet”, Mr. Majak continued.
Despite spending a lot of money pursuing higher education, the Sudanese students also face a problem of dumping even after specialization. This dilemma is affecting most of the Sudanese students in the North American Countries, mainly in The United States and Canada where fresh graduates are not easily deployed to make use of their newly acquired skills. This condition thrusts those students to easily accessible, out of the ordinary blue collar jobs which they feel are unpleasant to accomplish.
However, with the relative peace prevailing in the home country, sponsored by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Sudanese scholars in the North American Countries are now impelled to return to the home country with better skills which enables them to get better white collar jobs. Correspondingly, the Government officials in Sudan present good pulling factors for these scholars to counteract with their interests of back steps to come and execute civil duties in most excellent method.
One of those leaders displaying attractive factors for the Sudanese Scholars in foreign countries to return home is Jonglei state governor Kuol Manyang Juuk. Mr. Manyang recently employed 2 scholars who returned from the United States and Kenya . Prof. Arop Leek who taught in many Kenyan Universities was employed as the Secretary General for the Council of Ministers of Jonglei State government and Dr. James Ochang being deployed as the Director General for the state Ministry of Agriculture.
During the welcoming ceremony of Prof. Arob Leek, Governor Kuol pledged of making no deals with old aged officers in the state adding that his government is ready to receive any qualified national to take up the positions.
Lack of recreation in Canada makes most of them to be thinking of coming back home but high level of insecurity in south Sudan remains the deadlock. However, the choice of serving the nation, getting employing
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Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
Thank you governor Kuol Manjang..you have the best ideas in southern sudan.
makungu1
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
THe financial crisis is not only happend in Canada it,s all over the world that mean wherever sudanese students are over the world are facing financial crisis not only in canada.
that is not going to help because they will just read and go on with their life. leaders who like$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ R – P_O
makungu speaking from Australia with the same situation with students in canada thanks u
oshay
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
Get cowboy Kiir and the rest of your dinka hooligans to give you some of the money you looted from Southerners.
Dinka Boy
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
Students have always financial criss all over the world.
That should be not the suprise brothers and sisters.
We all know those kind of problems. Unless GoSS will will provide jobs to those graduates who can handle duties effectively and efficiently to escalate progress in The South.
Thanks
Time1
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
south Sudan has enoumous manpower and skilled people abroad, if they can only make use of it they will do very well with no doubts. Good luck to Jongolie state and the good policy from the governor there.
peter gatdet
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
To, Students in Canada.
u r suppose to come back please,we r having number of Higher Institution in South Sudan as follow;
DR John Garang institute of science and technology,Rumbek Univresity,Upper nile university,Juba university and Wau university, so u should v to come and fill admission form for 2010 academic yr otherwise u can remain there to be come American slaves or to be given agreen card for free food.
Critic_Ngueny
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
James,
It is good to call a spade a spade but not a big spoon.Do you really have the evidence that shows that Majok gave some money to students from Bor town.
You better keep mum if you have nothing to say instead of playing a joke on one another.A fool does not change but a wise person does.You have to apologize to the public about your statement against Majok.And if you don,t apologize then you are…..
Critic_Ngueny from Bor town
Critic_Ngueny
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
I would like to inform my dear brother,Good police in Canada;We are also facing the same same things you are facing over there.What you have to do is to commit yourself to books in order not to get re-take which is a general disease to all University students.
Critic_Ngueny from Bor town
John Kuol
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
Dear readers, I want to highlight some corrections to the information in John Actually’s article according to what I told him.
I want to say that over 50 sudaneses are admitted in Canadian universities not Dalhousie to be correct. Also WUSC’s students do not pay international student tuition fee. The $30,000 tuition fee is supposed to be average the total cost of living and tuition fees for non-WUSC’S STUDENTS other international student per year.
Brave
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
In the first place, this arcticle is invalid.
How dare you post personal messages to public, If your brother is off funds, so what?
Next time you will even comment about your father fighting your mother because of their house issues which are secretes.
Pliz,all your articles are useless and aimless at the public for opinions. I advice go for more training.
Always keen and responsible. take care…
Jur Tier
Sudanese students in Canada face financial crisis
Johguutthok’emariar! John Actually,I am glad that I heard the name ‘John Actually’ for the first time in six years.Hope you are fine! Back to the topic, you need to tell John Kuol plus many other South Sudanese students studying in universities abroad that it’s too early for that outcry to be heard from you. University cost in the western countries, of which Canada is not the only exception, is legs and arms. Costs are even higher than one could imagine especially for those students who are taking Sciences.
The same situation applies to us here in Australia. Perhaps you won’t belive me if I were to tell you that we even pay more than John Kuol. By Jur Tier