{"id":180102,"date":"2016-07-17T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/food-prices-school-fees-soar-in-darfur\/"},"modified":"2016-07-17T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T13:18:00","slug":"food-prices-school-fees-soar-in-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/food-prices-school-fees-soar-in-darfur","title":{"rendered":"Food prices, school fees soar in Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Parents in Darfur complain about having no money to pay the increased school fees this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2016-2017 school year began directly after Eid El Fitr, the feast concluding the fasting month of Ramadan about ten days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Several parents told Radio Dabanga from Darfur that they cannot afford the tuition costs for their children anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only the fees but also the prices of uniforms and other school supplies are soaring,&rdquo; a parent reported from Nyala, capital of South Darfur. &ldquo;This is too much, as we spend most of our household budgets on food and medicines.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A dozen note books now costs SDG40 ($6.50), a school bag between SDG35 ($6) and SDG150 ($24), and a uniform from SDG250 ($40) to SDG300 ($48.50),&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The school fees range between SDG300 and SDG450 ($73) for a pupil at the basic school, while a year tuition at a secondary school costs between SDG450 and SDG1,500 ($242).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the price of a 50kg sack of Kenana sugar has risen from SDG540 ($87) to SDG570 ($92), and a 100kg sack of flour from SDG220 ($36) to SDG250 ($40).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents in Darfur complain about having no money to pay the increased school fees this year.<br \/>\nThe 2016-2017 school year began directly after Eid El Fitr, the feast concluding the fasting month of Ramadan about ten days ago.<br \/>\nSeveral parents told Radio Dabanga from Darfur that they cannot afford the tuition costs for their children anymore.<br \/>\n\u201cNot only the fees but also the prices of uniforms and other school supplies are soaring,\u201d a parent reported from Nyala, capital of South Darfur. \u201cThis is too much, as we spend most of our household budgets on food and medicines.<br \/>\n\u201cA dozen note books now costs SDG40 ($6.50), a school bag between SDG35 ($6) and SDG150 ($24), and a uniform from SDG250 ($40) to SDG300 ($48.50),\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe school fees range between SDG300 and SDG450 ($73) for a pupil at the basic school, while a year tuition at a secondary school costs between SDG450 and SDG1,500 ($242).\u201d<br \/>\nHe added that the price of a 50kg sack of Kenana sugar has risen from SDG540 ($87) to SDG570 ($92), and a 100kg sack of flour from SDG220 ($36) to SDG250 ($40).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Food prices, school fees soar in Darfur - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/food-prices-school-fees-soar-in-darfur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Food prices, school fees soar in Darfur - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parents in Darfur complain about having no money to pay the increased school fees this year. 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