79,000 teachers needed in South Sudan

Video of the week: The story of an engaged teacher in South Sudan working to improve learning for his students despite difficult circumstances

July 24, 2015 by GPE Secretariat
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Ogolli William Orem is the head teacher at Ayii Central Primary School in South Sudan. He is from the local community, and has served the school since 2008. The school has about 500 students, half of them are girls. There are 10 teachers, only four are trained and two are women.

Ayii Central Primary School reflects the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)data available on South Sudan, where the student-to-teacher ratio is 50:1 and the percentage of trained teachers is 44.

Without urgent action, massive teacher shortages across sub-Saharan Africa will get worse with the rising demand for education from a growing school-age population. To achieve universal primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, 6.2 million teachers will need to be recruited; 79,000 just in South Sudan, according to UNESCO.

To accommodate the growing demand, many countries resort to hiring teachers with little or no training, at the cost of learning quality.

Read our blog on Ogolli William Orem's school.

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I will be through with my studies next month awaiting graduation next yr in Moi university Kenya.

As a trained and registered kenyan teacher,i am looking forward to getting an opportunity to teach in this school.

I am a physicist and teacher interested in teachng teachers math and physics in Africa, South Sudan in particular.
Thank You. -Daniel.

looking forward to get that opportunity

As South Africa have so many gratuates how can we partner in facilitating the opportunity for them on South Sudan? ?

I like South Sudan and would not mind teaching there!

am highly interested English teacher from Zimbabwe who likes to have a hand in Sudan.I look forward to be part of teachers who improve South Sudan education