The chorus of children’s voices coming from teacher Koat Reath’s classroom grows louder and louder, threatening to drown out other classes at his primary school in Jewi camp for South Sudanese refugees in western Ethiopia. Like them, Koat is also a victim of a war that has made refugees of more than two million South Sudanese. In Jewi camp, which is home to 54,000 South Sudanese refugees, as many as two-thirds are children. The shortage of school rooms, qualified teachers and teaching material also present major obstacles to accessing an education for South Sudanese refugee children. Students learn in their native language, Nuer and also in English – while South Sudanese teachers work to adapt to the Ethiopian curriculum.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2019 10:18 UTC