South Sudan is one of the countries in the world where literacy rates change very quickly compared to other developing countries.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Representative Ezra Simon said after few years literacy rates in South Sudan will be higher.He added that in the past ten years, primary school enrolment in South Sudan has become four times higher.
Mr Simon said the quick changes of primary school enrolment in South Sudan are encouraging.
South Sudan Teacher Education Programme Chief of Party, Johnson Odharo, called on the teachers to acquire teaching methodology skills with open minds to train their fellow teachers.
He said it is teachers’ responsibility to ensure that they contribute to reduce illiteracy in South Sudan.
Dr Odharo said the teachers have to get the skills for changing the illiteracy in South Sudan.
The two officials were speaking during the ongoing one-week workshop on skills for teaching literacy in primary schools in Juba organized by South Sudan Teacher Education Programme.