{"id":15972,"date":"2022-05-02T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/duk-county-officials-launch-school-enrolment-campaign"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:52:39","slug":"duk-county-officials-launch-school-enrolment-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/duk-county-officials-launch-school-enrolment-campaign","title":{"rendered":"Duk County officials launch school enrolment campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A back-to-school campaign was over the weekend launched in Poktap town in Duk County, Jonglei State, to encourage the enrollment of learners as schools reopen this week.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign was organized by the county education officials with support from the NGO Christian Mission for Development (CMD).<\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s project field supervisor, Peter Pal Chol, told Radio Tamazuj that the campaign targets 25,000 learners in the county.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis campaign is aimed at encouraging all the stakeholders to allow children to go to schools without discrimination on the basis of being disabled, a boy or a girl,\u201d he said. \u201cThis academic year, we expect 25,000 to be enrolled including 11,000 girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chol emphasized the importance of equitable access to education and said his organization will continue supporting schools to sustain quality learning.<\/p>\n<p>Abuk Sarah Malual, a secondary school student, said the school resumption was long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were worried that schools were not going to be reopened because resumption was supposed to be in April. As a female, I encourage parents to allow their daughters to go to school. An educated girl is of service to the community,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The parent\u2019s representative, David Chol Gach, said the community has understood the importance of education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNowadays, we have known the importance of education. No one opposes school for even girls. So, we appeal for support,\u201d Gach said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. A back-to-school campaign was over the weekend launched in Poktap town in Duk County, Jonglei State, to encourage the enrollment of learners as schools reopen this week. 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