Yei/Juba, December 12, 2016 (SSNA) — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a new health clinic in Yei town to improve access to healthcare for the locals in Yei and the Greater Equatoria region, the group said. MSF says its new primary healthcare clinic is free to anyone seeking medical assistance, adding that diseases such…
Juba, December 7, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has hosted a discussion intended to educate South Sudanese women the importance of education, especially in “conflict and post-conflicts” areas. Saadia Aleem, who represents the UNMISS rights body says the “dialogue was necessary so they could identify the issues women face”,…
Juba, October 30, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government has admitted that South Sudan lacks necessary means to educate her citizens unless the ongoing civil war is brought to an end. In move seen by regional watchers as surprise to government supporters, Juba right-hand man for education Deng Deng Hoch publicly complained that education will…
Free education for all should be adequate to create an infrastructure of people prepared to do necessary jobs in the Republic of South Sudan rather than hiring foreign workers from neighboring countries such as Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia By: John Bith Aliap, Adelaide, South Australia March 6, 2012 (SSNA) — Free education for all should…
By Dr Lam Akol December 1, 2011 (SSNA) — A presentation by this author to the Conference on Higher Education in South Sudan held on 14-15 November 2011 in Juba [1], outlined the function of tertiary education and its requirements, concluded by raising certain policy issues that needed to be addressed in order to revamp…
By: Lam Akol Ajawin, MEng, PhD, D.I.C. (Speaking notes at a conference on “Future of Higher Education in South Sudan”, held in Juba on 14-15 November 2011). Tertiary education Tertiary education broadly refers to the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education. Higher education is taken to include undergraduate and…