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Education Reform – 2009

Detailed information related to competition and fairness in education is not available. Nevertheless, the South Sudan government and UNICEF were campaigning to get millions more children into schools, despite a resources shortfall for those already in schools.¹ The South Sudan Ministry of Education also launched the South Sudan Institute of Education in Rumbek, Lakes State, which was first of its kind established to train educational cadres.² Under the multi-donor trust funds (MTDF), 100 schools were proposed to be rehabilitated but only 34 schools were under construction for three years, suggesting “erratic and insignificant achievements,” according to the educational panel that presented to the Security and Public Order Committee chairman on 26 August 2008. A standing panel, the Public Accounts Committee, was tasked by the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly to investigate possible misuse of Ministry of Education funds. Funds were allegedly misused by companies contracted by the Ministry of Education to build schools in addition to misuse of scholarship funds.³

1. “Sudan; South Sudan Charts Own Course in Education,” Africa News, January 30, 2009.
2. “South Sudan’s Institute of Education launched in Rumbek,” BBC Monitoring Middle East, June 27, 2009.
3. “South Sudan to probe alleged misuse of education funds,” Sudan Tribune, August 27, 2009.