Nearly 30,000 primary school teachers in South Sudan, who are currently being paid as little as $3 a month, will receive a monthly incentive of $40 under the European Union IMPACT programme.
The programme, the EU said, strives to assist every primary school in South Sudan to enable their teachers sustain the social fabric.
The EU ambassador to South Sudan, Stefano De Leo, said the organisation will help primary schools across South Sudan stay open and keep the social fabric together, despite conflict, humanitarian and economic crisis, displacement and famine.