The closure ended up being a huge blow for education, but more than anything it turned into a child rights crisis. This is especially true for girls. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. South Sudans education system is characterized as a low investment, low capacity, but high demand system. Phased Reopening of Schools in South Sudan The crisis in South Sudan has impeded education for most of the countrys children. A lot happened to children when they were at home. Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace. "This year is unique; I am proud of all candidates who never experienced school closures before, and despite the pandemic and crazy things happening, reading for exams in a short time. These incidents cumulatively affected more than 90,000 children. "We share in the excitement of the children, their teachers & the parents that finally the doors of our schools can reopen for children to learn, play and enjoy their right to safe education." JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN 22 SEPTEMBER 2020 - UNICEF and UNESCO welcome the decision of the Government to start reopening of schools in South Sudan. 2023 marks a decade since Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visit to U.S. attempts to use Taiwan to contain China doomed to fail, Impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on global supply chains, Pick a side and join the anti-Russia camp? Nation-wide Assessment Dataset - SSEC - 2017-11. Ms. Awut further revealed that the reopening of schools came after the Girls' Education South Sudan (GESS), an education program, and the Global Partnership for Education, a partnership and funding platform that aims to strengthen education systems in developing countries, provided funds to enable distribution of water sanitation and hygiene . The South Sudan government in partnership with GESS will pay capitation grants, in addition to cash transfers, to girls at levels from primary five (5) to senior fouer (4), Minister disclosed. Several UN agencies, Embassies as well as education actors were represented at the . Two students from Juba Day Secondary School spoke to Radio Tamazuj at the launch. The government . South Sudan had the first conference on Safe School Declaration (co-convenience meeting). Usually, we look forward to the holidays, but suddenly our holiday became so long," Wendy said. The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) provided the funding. South Sudans Information minister Michael Makuei told The East African that the decision had been arrived at after a comprehensive study by the National Taskforce on Covid-19. On 20 March 2020, all schools in South Sudan were closedand almost 2 million children were forced out of classes due toCOVID-19 preventive measures. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3. Sadly, on these fronts, the evidence is overwhelming. In July, a number of international aid organisations urged the government to reopen schools warning that children face a number of perils while away from classrooms. Schools protect learners from harmful cultural practices and work as an access point for services including water, sanitation and hygiene and food. As we move ahead it is important to remember how the closure of schools has severely impacted on the well being of children and on the country, and to avoid any new school closures in the future.