Primary and secondary schools at Habilla area in Dilling Locality in Sudan’s South Kordofan are deteriorating in terms of teaching quality, according to a teacher.

Ibrahim Hammad Juma, a teacher at one of the schools in Habilla village told Radio Tamazuj on Sunday that the education system is steadily deteriorating this year due to a shortage of teachers, textbook and seats for students.

He explained that there are not enough teachers, saying one teacher normally gives 40 lessons a week owing to acute shortages of teachers in schools.  

Ibrahim pointed out that the majority of schools need rebuilding by replacing the local materials with fixed materials to avoid collapses in the future.

The teacher said they were also suffering due to the lack of transport to the schools, noting the teachers pay transportation costs from their own salaries.

He accused the local authorities of neglecting the education sector in the locality. “The area is hosting the station of the Greater Nile Operating Company as well as the Habilla Agricultural Project, nevertheless it still lacks basic services,” he noted.

High prices in Tadamoun

Farmers in El Tadamoun locality complained about the high price of fuel, seed and pesticides.

However, famers said this year’s planting season would be successful if the agriculture ministry intervenes by providing fuel and agricultural inputs at reasonable prices for farmers.

Separately, local residents complained about poor living conditions and high prices at the market in the locality.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Sunday, several local citizens explained that they were experiencing rising food prices at markets.

“There is no food stockpile is the area, besides which the citizens cannot afford to purchase their basic needs at the market,” one resident said.

File photo: A teacher in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID)