Comboni Sisters Lauded for Role in Education Nzara County Commissioner Elia Richard has commended the Comboni Sisters for supporting education in the county.04 November 2011 Nzara County Commissioner Elia Richard. [© Gurtong]By Juliana Siapai
NZARA, 04 November 2011 [Gurtong] –Speaking on Tuesday during his first official visit to Comboni Primary School, Richard hailed the religious group for promoting education in Nzara County, saying it has immensely contributed to laying a strong foundation of education to many people in the county. The Commissioner who donated 500 South Sudanese Pounds to support the school urged parents to support efforts to provide education to their children. “I urge pupils, especially girls, to take education seriously and avoid early pregnancies in order to have a bright future”, he said. The pupil’s representative Emilio Thomas thanked the teachers for giving them good education despite the numerous challenges faced. The school’s head teacher Joseph Luciano revealed plans to establish Comboni Secondary School. Comboni Primary School has over 800 pupils and the Comboni sisters have built concrete classes and administration buildings while fencing is almost complete. The Combonians in collaboration with the Catholic Church have played a great role in the education sector in South Sudan. However, many challenges abound including high school dropout rates and inadequate infrastructure and lack of training for teachers among others. Dissatisfaction Meanwhile, Yambio County Commissioner Angelo Bakote has expressed dissatisfaction with operations of a non-governmental organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in Yambio. On Monday this week, the Commissioner held a meeting with the MSF staffs assisting the Yambio Civil Hospital to assess their current status. “I am not happy because there are no newly constructed wards for the patients, insufficient kits to help pregnant mothers and lack of a proper drug store”, he said. The MSF field coordinator in Western Equatoria State Gasan Abshaar however assured the Commissioner that plans to construct a children’s maternity ward had been slowed down by the lack of a go ahead from the State Ministry of Health. The MSF team leader blamed some staff for misuse of equipment donated to the hospital by the organisation. Posted in: Home, Education -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
