A pupil of Torit East Primary School blames corruption and tribalism, saying they are among factors responsible for girl child dropout in South Sudan.
Angelina Musa while opposing West Primary School in a motion that ‘Poor menstrual hygiene management leads to high girl child drop out from schools’ says corruption delays salaries while tribalism denies job opportunities to other citizens, rendering them unable to provide school children needs, Radio Emmanuel reported.
A proposition speaker cites lack of washrooms in most schools for girls to use during menstruation period as another factor contributing to drop out.
An opposition speaker denies that poor menstrual hygiene management was a major factor, noting that peer influence also leads to pregnancy and school dropout.
Torit County Education Deputy Director Cornelio Adafa Bulang acknowledges improvements in spoken English among the debaters.
Torit East emerges Winner in group ‘A’ against Torit West while in Group ‘B’ Airport emerges winner over Torit One Primary School.
Eastern Equatoria State General Education Director Luka Lohiteng Aribok says the debating completion prepares pupils for inter-county events next term.
He appreciates Hope for Children and Women Foundation for organizing the completions with support from SNV-Netherlands Development Organization.