South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level

February 8, 2010 (JUBA) — The government of South Sudan has confirmed upgrading teachers training institution across the region saying it means to facilitate diploma training for teachers with certificate qualifications.

The minister of education science and technology in the government of Southern Sudan professor Job Dhoruai told the press Monday his ministry will ensure that teachers with certificates are trained so that all of them can possess professional document more than what he described as mere certificate.

"The decision is good because most of our teachers holding secondary school certificates with courses will have room to attain skills which will help them efficiently impart developmental knowledge in pupils, he said.

Professor Dhoruai advised primary school teachers to embrace the programme because it is meant for their skills development and for internal promotion.

"It will be good for both personal development and administrative promotion in line with public service rules and regulations," he said urging state authorities to consider encouraging teachers holding certificate to show no reluctance in attending two year programs in their respected regions.

He said there is already one national training institution located in Maridi for three states of Equatoria region, one in Aramweer for four states of Bahr el Ghazal and one another one currently being moved to Malakal town from its previous location for Upper Nile region.

"We are also establishing more centers in the states with no adequate physical infrastructure," he adds.

He also called on each state government to establish more training colleges to facilitate in-service training for teachers with certificate advising them to come up with a system of training for all teachers so that they benefit from the programme.

However, the minister warned against possibilities of successful students leaving teaching job upon completion. One thing is certain, he said, teachers who will be graduated from these colleges with good papers will find themselves out teaching profession.

This is an issue which must be addressed during selecting processes of who should go into these training opportunities, he commented.

It is not good for some teachers to look for jobs outside after being trained at great expense of the public funds dedicated to qualify education.

Peter Majok, a teacher in Kuajok primary school applauded the initiative saying the decision taken by Government to upgrade teachers’ qualifications is good investment for the development of South Sudan.

He said training teacher holding certificate will result in quality teaching adding this programme will help reduce the secondment of teachers from primary schools to teach grade eight and nine pupils.

He further added adequately trained teachers will help speed up the development of South Sudan through quality teaching.

Earlier, minister professor Job affirmed commitment of the government to the upgrading of teachers so that it can realize its dream of becoming a middle-income region in the coming years.

(ST)

13 Forum messages

South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 03:58, by Dinka Boy

Teachers must have competetive skills to teach students better. Goss should recruit Bashlors and Masters degree holders abroad to teach those teachers in addition to other teachers existing there in the South. Other, great idea.

South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 04:19, by Dinka Dominated SPLA

tHAN DOOR /JUR SHOULD BE TEACH A HACHDHOR AHHHH
South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 04:47, by Dengtaath

The government can’t go wrong in this idea. South Sudan needs qualify teachers, good services are always carried out by qualified citizens, South Sudan cannot rely on outside professions, it is time for government to enhance the development of the education in South Sudan. Dr.Dhoruai is indeed in the right direction along with his government. My advise to professor is this, people they have choice, if a teacher got trained and opt to difference job instead of teaching, that person shouldn’t be dictated because he/she got trained by department of education, the person deserve to serve his/her people in any institution the person love to serve under it. Over all I appreciated the initiative, is beneficial and will lift up literacy in our country. May God bless our country! dengtaath

South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 04:18, by James John

Too late........what a mess by GOSS..........Five years pass without doing nothing........the least government in the World are SPLA/M... don’t write bad thing on me but you guys know it too.

South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 04:22, by Dinka Dominated SPLA

Fuck you what have you done to your family latly and your family are so poor to fit in the soceity shame on you son of a dog event the nassir gange leader can not do anything if he is in the top job death to him
- South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 04:43, by Ajongtar
  
  Mr John you are absolutely right...
  
  What so called GOSS mass up for the last five years?
  
  Now they are up grading institutions but with out schools, which schools are they going to teach while so called Goss fail to maintain those who are already on ground???
  
  We are counting day to Hrs for the time to come. Every thing will be changed to the Dinkatoria level.
  
  Drink the water of the well but do not forget the one who dug the well.
  
  Ajong tar.
- South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 04:43, by James John
  
  you forgot the crazy people in the world are dinka......lololo.....at u.
  - South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 05:10, by Dinka Boy
    
    Ajongtar and James John,
    
    Both of you are kids.
  - South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 05:15, by wang
    
    The question is, where did they get this kind of money from to upgrading teachers training for fuckd two years while their owns 4-5 millions citizens are starving to death.
    
    I think this is a joke from the government.
    - South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 05:23, by Dinka Boy
      
      Wang,
      
      I don,t blame you because of your narrow thinking capacity. Education is indispensable thing in live. Haaaa, do you want the developmental money to be distributed to villages. Ohhh my God! Help him and likes. Thanks
      - South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 07:24, by Aduol Liet
        
        To: Professor Job Dhoruai and GOSS.
        
        This is real make a shame to you and the SPLM in GOSS. It is supposedly to have done immediately after when the peace agreement was signed in five years ago, but many of you are just assuming to have a every good opportunities holding ministers and done nothing to his people and nation as a whole. I am not a person who can cover up some one’s failure for you guys and I have been trying to informing you about three things that, the GOSS should have been focusing since the peace agreement was signed, but none of these 3 things I was been talking are partially done. Those should be the main goals I was been begging so far are as follows: 1. Schools establishment. 2. Hospitals should have been expanding to Communities. 3. Roads should have been reconstructed correctly not just randomly and dangerous to drive on it. These three things should have done if the people in the GOSS were truly want to make a rebuilding of Southern Sudan unfortunately, our Southern Sudanese children are being beaten up now in Kenya by the Polices just, because they were looking to have high standards of education learning. Given Diplomas to teachers or training them to get that Diloma is not bad however, if we really wanted to rebuilding this Southern Sudan nation then, the GOSS must have a real plan, a plan that indicated good pays to teachers all a cross Southern Sudan Schools and knowing that, they teachers are more qualified to teach children from Standard one up to an Universities level. We don’t want bad teachers who have nothing in their minds and to wasting money for no knowledge so that, our kids would have to gain from them.
        
        The question I would like to ask this professor and the GOSS is that, is this ’’ Diploma enough for teachers to teach Students at the ’’Community College levels.? My answer is NO. Because the GOSS must have to find budgets to employe more qualifies teacers and also don’t forget to building’’ Schools in the ’’Town, ’’Community and many others places did need ’’School around them. I know they parents in Southern Sudan all a cross, they need their kids to learn but the key issue in the community are transportation and living are real conditions to them and that why the’’ School need to be build near by them. Some time, I don’t real know what I can say when the people in GOSS did not thinks about Southern Sudan’s future, this is a general from business establiishment we have seen that, still business too poor, ’’ School funding more qualified teachers as a part of rebuilding Southern Sudan nation but nothing have done so far, ’’ Roads and Transportation in Southern Sudan are so poorly starting from Uganda to Yei, all the way to Bhar al Ghazal Regions very poor indeed. From Yei-Juba Road all the way to Kenya is so badly and from Juba- Bor to Upper Nile Regions all the way to either Blue Nile and South Kordfan State are bad. People in this GOSS must know that, we are just waiting Southern Sudan’s independence to happen, but I don’t think Southern Sudanese people will keep those failure people in five years to lead again after independence. I feel sorry particular when I pay witness to visited the Warrap State and the ’’ School, I find no sense to talk about GOSS when our children are still learning under they Trees in Warrap State. Please professor Job, you must tell GOSS to findout more budgets for qualified teachers and all’’ School system must establish so that, our Southern Sudanese children must have a high standard for learning within Southern Sudan otherwise, the Kenya Polices will not stop beating these Southern Sudanese seeking to learn.

South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 08:16, by Wiyual Wech Puk D. Payol.

That is a good decision taken by professor Dhoruai to upgrade the teachers’ education.select only those with high certificates to teach others primary schools will not help to upgrade the development in southern sudan.please,professor add onething like increment of the teachers’ salary that will not led them[teachers] to look for an other jobs as you state here in your speeches.i have seen here in southern sudan,teachers are made to be the poorest department.that thinking is in all states of southern sudan because teachers are paid less salary while they[teachers] are the key for the bright future of southern sudan.many of southern sudan officers including the top rank GOSS officials do not know that teachers are important organs of the government since they[teachers]are growing the future bright generation of southern sudan.i hope the professor,Dhoruai will incresae the teachers’ incentives that will fixed them[teachers] onto their jobs wil more morals.ignoring the teachers’jobs will force them to look for an other jobs by considering themselves like other humanbeing in southern sudan.

South Sudan upgrades teachers training institutions to diploma level 9 February 20:16, by Time1

Good job, this is what we need to see in south sudan more upgrade, more training, more support, logistics and supplies, so students can perform on international levels like all other students and contribute effectively to rebuilding the nation.