Conflict sends half South Sudan kids out of school

Reports emerging from South Sudan suggests that more than half of the kids in the country are not in school due to two years conflict of war which has seen government forces battling rebels.
Though, a peace deal was signed in August, violence still persist in some areas and the number of kids out of school in the country is the highest in any country according UN children’s agency UNICEF.

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The UN children’s agency chief of education for South Sudan, Phuong T Nguyen reveals that only one in 10 South Sudan students who enter school finish primary education in a country that suffers a shortage of teachers and facilities.
“There is a very, very low budget from the government to the education sector,” she said. “It is not holding steady and we see a decline.”

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