{"id":184979,"date":"2014-06-20T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/137-children-one-classroom-schools-deteriorate-in-south-darfur-camp\/"},"modified":"2014-06-20T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T16:45:00","slug":"137-children-one-classroom-schools-deteriorate-in-south-darfur-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/137-children-one-classroom-schools-deteriorate-in-south-darfur-camp","title":{"rendered":"137 children, one classroom: schools deteriorate in South Darfur camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The basic schools in a camp for internally displaced people in Nyala, South Darfur, have been experiencing a deteriorating school environment. There is a significant lack of teachers, classrooms, and text books.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the educational council in Kalma camp, Abdallah Mohamed, told Radio Dabanga that the basic schools, including 14 co-education schools, are facing a huge shortage in space compared to the number of pupils. \u201cThere are 34,360 pupils and 250 classrooms, which are in bad need of maintenance, that has stopped since two years.\u201d It means that 137 children have to follow a class in one room. Meanwhile, of the 304 attending teachers, only 43 come from the Ministry of Education, as the majority consists of assistants from the camp&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Mohamed explained that the United Nation&#8217;s Children Fund (Unicef) provides less than 25 percent of the total aid to the education field. \u201cThis along with the rise in the monthly tuition fees for this year, from SDG 10 to 15 (<\/span>$<span lang=\"en-GB\">1.70 \u2013 $2.60), to run the schools and pay the teachers&#8217; incentives. The fee for the schools&#8217; renovations amount to SDG 5 ($0.90) per pupil,\u201d he described, calling the economic situation in the camp \u201cdifficult\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\"><em>File photo: Pupils in a classroom in Abu Shouk, North Darfur (UN Link)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\"><em>Related:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/75113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nearly two million children out of school in Sudan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>(17 June 2014)<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\"><!--break--><\/span><\/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>The basic schools in a camp for internally displaced people in Nyala, South Darfur, have been experiencing a deteriorating school environment. There is a significant lack of teachers, classrooms, and text books. The head of the educational council in Kalma camp, Abdallah Mohamed, told Radio Dabanga that the basic schools, including 14 co-education schools, are facing a huge shortage in space compared to the number of pupils. \u201cThere are 34,360 pupils and 250 classrooms, which are in bad need of maintenance, that has stopped since two years.\u201d It means that 137 children have to follow a class in one room. Meanwhile, of the 304 attending teachers, only 43 come from the Ministry of Education, as the majority consists of assistants from the camp&#8217;s population. Mohamed explained that the United Nation&#8217;s Children Fund (Unicef) provides less than 25 percent of the total aid to the education field. \u201cThis along with the rise in the monthly tuition fees for this year, from SDG 10 to 15 ($1.70 \u2013 $2.60), to run the schools and pay the teachers&#8217; incentives. The fee for the schools&#8217; renovations amount to SDG 5 ($0.90) per pupil,\u201d he described, calling the economic situation in the camp \u201cdifficult\u201d. File photo: Pupils in a classroom in Abu Shouk, North Darfur (UN Link) Related:\u00a0Nearly two million children out of school in Sudan\u00a0(17 June 2014)<\/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-184979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>137 children, one classroom: schools deteriorate in South Darfur camp - 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\/137-children-one-classroom-schools-deteriorate-in-south-darfur-camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"137 children, one classroom: schools deteriorate in South Darfur camp - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The basic schools in a camp for internally displaced people in Nyala, South Darfur, have been experiencing a deteriorating school environment. 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The fee for the schools&#039; renovations amount to SDG 5 ($0.90) per pupil,\u201d he described, calling the economic situation in the camp \u201cdifficult\u201d. 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