Author: Baria Johnson | Published: 3 hours ago
Advocate Duot Deng speaks on Eye Radio Dawn Show|Darlington Moses
An educationist has called for an urgent review of South Sudan’s education curriculum, warning that the current skills set being taught in schools and universities does not reflect the country’s realities or the demands of the labor market.
Duot Deng, an educationist and advocate, said the mismatch between training and employment opportunities is contributing to rising unemployment, particularly among university graduates.
“Education is meant to meet the needs not just of the nation, but of young people who are the future of this country,” Deng said. “This can be done by ensuring that the curriculum being taught is relevant to the job market and the realities of the people on the ground.”
Deng noted that South Sudan is emerging from years of conflict and requires practical and relevant skills to support recovery and development.
“Our reality is that we are a country coming out of conflict, and the job market has been very hard,” he said. “At universities, we offer a skills set that has limited job spaces, and that is why, much as we talk about employment, unemployment still exists — not because of a lack of skills, but because of the irrelevance of the skills people have.”
Speaking during Eye Radio’s Dawn Show on Tuesday morning, Deng urged the Ministry of General Education and other stakeholders to urgently revise education policies and the national curriculum.
“There is a need to develop a curriculum that meets these challenges and reflects the aspirations of the country itself,” he said. “To the ministry and all stakeholders, the policies and the curriculum must be revised now; it does not have to wait.”
Deng said aligning the education system with labor market needs would help equip young people with practical skills and support long-term national development.
