A senior education official in South Sudan’s Jonglei State said primary school teachers have started to teach pupils much better after receiving $40 incentives under the European Union IMPACT programme.
The EU program strives to assist every primary school in South Sudan to enable their teachers sustain the social fabric.
Abel Manyuon, director general of the state ministry of education, told Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday about 1,100 teachers from 84 primary schools in greater Bor County have received their incentives for May and June.
He revealed that many teachers who left the profession have returned to work.
Manyuon noted that a committee will soon be sent to Twic and Duk Counties to assess the number of primary school teachers so that they are paid.
Several teachers who spoke to Radio Tamazuj on Friday said that their livelihoods have changed for the last two months.
The teachers commended the EU’s IMPACT project.