{"id":22904,"date":"2019-09-28T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=22904"},"modified":"2019-09-28T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T16:26:05","slug":"south-sudans-education-17-7m-afdb-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/south-sudans-education-17-7m-afdb-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan\u2019s education boosted by $17.7M AfDB grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>On September 26, the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>African Development Bank (AfDB)<\/b><\/a><b> announced it would offer South Sudan a grant worth $17.7M to propel its basic education.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to South Sudan\u2019s AfDB Country Manager, Benedict Sorie Kanu, the grant offered shows the bank\u2019s commitment towards the realization of the nation\u2019s education objective of boosting teaching, learning and infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>AfDB\u2019s dedication to helping South Sudan<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>South Sudan has been facing political instability, and this has significantly compromised the education sector in this country.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this project, AfDB seeks to assist marginalized children located in various war-affected places, such as Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, and Upper Nile.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Kanu asserted that AfDB\u2019s grant would assist 30,000 boys and girls access primary education. This would be established by expanding and rehabilitating 35 primary schools found in these places.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also proclaimed that UNICEF would implement the agreement between the AfDB and the government of South Sudan. As a result, this initiative would be instrumental in heightening the Access and Quality of Basic Education (IAQBE) project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>AfDB optimistic of South Sudan\u2019s significant gains<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Kanu noted that the grant availed by AfDB would be instrumental in increasing the capacity of at least 2,000 teachers. Moreover, ten (10) county education centers and two (2) national teacher training institutes will be rehabilitated.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AfDB continues being optimistic about a prosperous implementation of the UNICEF project. As a result, the entire South Sudan populace will be advantaged as the basic education system in the nation will be elevated.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/blockchain-helps-africa-meet-unesco-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain is helping the African continent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tackle tough challenges in meeting UNESCO goals, with obstacles ranging from lack of access to modern educational materials to the absence of high-quality teachers.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been stipulated that alternative blockchain community currencies that create closed-loop systems and promote the local economy are vital to achieve sustainable growth and keep children in school.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversely, following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/south-africa-safety-in-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several student demonstrations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, demanding better safety in higher education, Blade Nzimande, South Africa\u2019s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology has pledged to introduce improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 26, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced it would offer South Sudan a grant worth $17.7M to propel its basic education.\u00a0 According to South Sudan\u2019s AfDB Country Manager, Benedict Sorie Kanu, the grant offered shows the bank\u2019s commitment towards the realization of the nation\u2019s education objective of boosting teaching, learning and infrastructure.\u00a0 AfDB\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}