South Sudan received 31.6 million US dollars from the Global Partnership for Education to strengthen the sector.
The approval comes after South Sudan applied for that assistance to subsidize its budget badly affected by austerity measures, Bakhita Radio reported.Douglas Lehman, Senior Education Specialist for Global Partnership for Education, said the Board of Directors approved South Sudan’s request on Tuesday in a meeting in Paris, France, and the and implementation process should start soon.
National minister for General Education Joseph Ukel Abango said the fund will help address the right of children to basic education of minimum quality throughout the country.
He added that the fund will also address the need for longer-term capacity building.
Minister Ukel said the 31.6 million dollars would be used to increase access to primary education, improve its quality, promote alternative education, improve learning outcomes and building capacity of the ministry, state ministries and counties education departments.
Five countries including Chad, DR Congo, Burundi, Kazakhstan and South Sudan received assistance from the Global Partnership for Education.
The organization promotes quality education for children across the world.