Main Barriers to Education
- Lack of schools infrastructure
- Conflict & insecurity
- Lack of qualified teachers
Interventions to Barriers
- Ensure safe learning environments
- In-service training for teachers, head teachers & PTA's
- School construction with WASH facilities
In spite of the country’s challenges, South Sudan has embraced education as a cornerstone of development. Since independence in 2011, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has elaborated the first ever policies and strategic plans to realise the goals of EFA. South Sudan aims to make 2022 the year it achieves EFA, the MDGs and hopes to be a fully literate society by 2040.
Of the issues affecting South Sudan’s education sector, conflict and insecurity are paramount inhibiting factors. Displaced children and refugees from Sudan often end up in locales where access to education is limited or incapable of absorbing their influx. In addition, gaps in teacher training and severe shortages of schools adversely impact the country’s school-age population.
In an attempt to redress South Sudan’s education sector, EAC has partnered with UNICEF and UNHCR. The former will, amongst other activities, establish and rehabilitate learning spaces with WASH facilities and procure and distribute teaching and learning materials to target schools. The latter will prioritize teacher training, especially for those who serve refugee populations, accelerated-education programmes and community sensitisation with regard to the importance of girls’ enrolment.
Geographic Location: East Africa
Languages: English (official), Arabic, Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk
Projects
Educate A Child Partnership
Educate A Child (EAC) has partnered with UNHCR to bring quality primary education to refugee children in 12 priority countries.
Enabling, Encouraging & Excelling
As the global refugee protection agency, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is responsible for ensuring that refugee children have access to quality education in their countries of asylum. There are over 2.7 million refugee children out of school in 12 targeted project countries.
OOSC under UNHCR’s Mandate are Provided Access to Quality Equitable Primary Education
Since its inception in 2012, EAC and UNHCR have been working together in countries across the globe to increase access to quality primary education for some of the most disadvantaged out of school children. At the moment, the joint Mandate Project is active in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East seeking to enrol an additional 364,857 children.
Quality Basic Education for Out of School Children in South Sudan
EAC and UNICEF partnership project is improving access to education for out of school children in South Sudan, and aims to reach 32,640 out of school children with quality education.
Partners
UNHCR
EAC partnership with UNHCR will ensure quality education for over 448,000 refugee children. UNHCR and EAC’s shared commitment to children in the most extreme circumstances help to ensure that all children in crisis situations have the opportunity to gain from the benefits of basic education.
