SOUTH SUDAN: Catholic Bishops call for a unified education system
Sudan Catholic Conference of Bishops (SCCB) call for a unified education syllabus to be taught in Catholic schools in South Sudan.
Wau Catholic Diocese Administrator Rev. Fr. Marko Mangu reported that, the Bishops’ meeting at the end of February, 2018 raised concerns on education system in Catholic Church schools in the Country.
Fr. Mangu said that the Bishops expressed the need for religion subject to be taught in Catholic Schools to let generations grow up in strong faith.
He asked the government of South Sudan to invest more on education system to have good quality for a better future of the upcoming generation.
Meanwhile, according to Anisa Radio report, the Director General of Gender and Social Welfare in the ministry of education in Gbudue state. Rev. John Zeburunga said that, the condition of former child solders released in Yambio last month is improving revealing that, the government and partners in Yambio are taking care of more than 60 former child solders.
Zeburunga said they have been offering them Psycho-social support training to help them forget the atrocities they went through in the bush adding that, the children will be re-integrated back into the community to continue with their normal lives.
He explained that out of the over 300 child soldiers released, more than 32 are girls. He warned parents not to allow children below 18 years to be solders because it is against the policy of the government of Gbudue state. He concluded by saying that the government and the partners are working hard to see that all child soldiers are released and reintegrated into the community.
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Source: Catholic Radio Network
