{More than half of children in South Sudan are not in school, the highest proportion in any country, UN children’s agency Unicef has said.}<\/p>\n
Government forces have been battling rebels for the past two years, although a peace deal was signed in August.<\/p>\n
Niger is a close second, with 47% unable to attend school, followed by Sudan (41%) and Afghanistan (40%).<\/p>\n
Worldwide, some 24 million children of more than 109 million living in nations at war are not in school, Unicef said.<\/p>\n
Even before the conflict began, 1.4 million children were already missing class in South Sudan, Unicef said.<\/p>\n
Since the war broke out, more than 800 schools have been demolished and more than 400,000 children had to abandon their classrooms, the agency said.<\/p>\n
Despite the peace agreement, violence persists in some areas.<\/p>\n
Only one in 10 South Sudanese students who enter school finish primary education amid a shortage of facilities and trained teachers, said Phuong T Nguyen, Unicef’s chief of education for South Sudan.<\/p>\n
“There is a very, very low budget from the government to the education sector,” she said. “It is not holding steady and we see a decline.”<\/p>\n
Enrolment went up from under 30% after South Sudan became independent in 2011, but the war and a lack of school buildings and qualified teachers have slowed the growth, according to a South Sudanese official, the AP news agency reports.<\/p>\n
Source:BBC:[Half of South Sudan children ‘not in school’ because of conflict->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35294897]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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