Sudan: Eight Million Children Out of School in Sudan - Teachers Warn of Looming Education Catastrophe
[Dabanga] Sudan -- Eight million children are falling outside Sudan's education system, the Sudanese Teachers' Committee says, warning that the public education system is at risk of collapse as teachers struggle to make ends meet and pupil numbers fall, particularly in poor and peripheral areas. The Sudanese Teachers' Committee has called for education spending to be increased to 20% of the national budget and confirmed that a teachers' strike in Khartoum state is continuing. It is considering further peaceful action,