Elfashir, Jan17(Darfur 24)The Education Department of Tawila Locality, 65 km west of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, revealed on Tuesday the resumption of the educational process in the locality after a hiatus that lasted more than 8 months due to the war.

 

Abdul Majeed told Darfur 24 that the local community, in consultation with the civil authority affiliated with the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdul Wahid Muhammad Nour, reached understandings that led to the resumption of the educational process in the locality to preserve the future of children in order to avoid collapse and drift.

 

Abdel Majeed stated that the civil authority in the liberated territories agreed to the return of primary classes “from the first to the sixth grade.”

Partially a popular effort.

Abdel Majeed revealed the continuation of 9 schools in the locality that were not affected by the war. They were within the areas under Abdel Wahed Nour’s control, which are the areas of “Dali Deko, Martal, and Kator, adjacent to the area east of Jebel Marra.”

 

Abdel Majeed appealed to organizations working in the humanitarian field, especially education partners, to provide schools with educational means.

 

Hassan Suleiman Taher, a member of the Supreme Educational Council in Tawila, confirmed the resumption of schools in the locality after consultation with the civil authority in the liberated territories.

Meanwhile, Professor Ahmed Muhammad Adam Abdel Rahim, for his part, expressed his happiness at the return of students to schools again, before describing the step as a brilliant gesture by the teachers, male and female, and the armed struggle forces deployed in the Tawila locality, west of El Fasher.

He added that the opening of schools is an indicator of the return of security and stability to Tawila locality.

It is noteworthy that Tawila locality witnessed fierce battles between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, forcing all residents to flee their homes before returning again after the deployment of a force from the Abdel Wahed Nour movement in the region in August of last year.