{"id":179162,"date":"2016-12-18T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/number-of-school-drop-outs-on-the-rise-in-sudan-capital\/"},"modified":"2016-12-18T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T11:44:00","slug":"number-of-school-drop-outs-on-the-rise-in-sudan-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/number-of-school-drop-outs-on-the-rise-in-sudan-capital","title":{"rendered":"Number of school drop-outs on the rise in Sudan capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A growing number of children in Omdurman do not attend classes anymore.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The high costs of living in combination with the increased fees imposed by the school administrations in Omdurman&rsquo;s populated districts of Ombadda and El Thawraat are causing despair among many parents, MP Bashir El Sheikh Abu Kasawi reported last week.<\/p>\n<p>About 50 per cent of the students who do attend school cannot read or write &ldquo;because they have been deprived of preschool education,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The MP expressed his concern that &ldquo;The drop-outs may become homeless or even thieves in the end&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>The federal Minister of General Education, Suad Abdelrazeg, acknowledged &ldquo;an increase in school drop-outs in some areas because of poverty and destitution&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>In November the Sudanese government implemented a series of austerity measures that according to President Al Bashir were needed &ldquo;to avoid the collapse of the country&rdquo;. 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