The ministry of education in South Sudan’s Northern Upper Nile state says it has started receiving teachers from across the country, as part of a government policy to upgrade education standards in the state.
Sarah Elijah Tor, the state education minister told Radio Tamazuj that the policy is aimed at addressing a shortage of primary and secondary school teachers and poor performance in the state.
She said they have received the first batch of 11 teachers and many more are expected to arrive soon.
“We have signed an agreement that they should teach our children in Upper Nile. In the agreement, 21 teachers are expected to come, but on Friday we welcomed 11 teachers from different states in South Sudan because teachers have no boundaries and can teach across the country,” she said.
The minister further said that the next batch of teachers is expected to arrive to the state as soon as possible as they prepare for more teachers to come.
Elijah said the teachers will be deployed to primary and secondary schools across the state including Maban, Renk and Melut.