When GPE Chief Executive Officer Alice Albright visited Gudele West Basic School, outside Juba, in May 2013, she discovered that students and teacher left their shoes in a neat circle at the entrance of their classroom to ensure they kept it clean. South Sudan is now experiencing renewed violence and conflict, and this makes us wonder: are children still able to leave their shoes outside and attend school in South Sudan?  Children in fragile and conflict-affected countries are 3 times as likely to be out of primary school as in other low income countries. (World Development Report 2011).