December 24, 2024 Zalingei: Darfur24 Students and parents in Central Darfur State expressed their frustration at being unable to sit for the secondary school exams, scheduled for December 28th in areas controlled by the Sudanese Army.
The Sudanese Authorities had approved conducting the postponed 2023 secondary school exams in areas controlled by the Army, and designated centers in the States of White Nile, River Nile and Chad for Central Darfur States students.
Mohamed Salem Mohamed Khamis, a parent from the town of Mukjar, told “Darfur24” that his son, who was supposed to have entered university this year, had lost hope in studying after it became impossible to catch up with the secondary school exams.
He added that he was “unable to afford the costs of transporting his son from Mukjar to Nyala, let alone Kosti, which cost more than one million pounds.”
For her part, student Amira Khalid, from Zalingei, had completed the registration procedures at a center in Abeché, Chad, hoping to sit for the exams, but she was surprised by the Chadian authorities’ refusal to host the Sudanese exams.
Amira told Darfur 24 that she was frustrated by what happened to her due to being deprived of the secondary school exams, pointing out the need for both parties to the war to respect the rights of students whose future is at stake.
In Bindisi, south-central Darfur, teacher Musa Haroun told Darfur 24 that 99% of the students in Bindisi locality, numbering over two thousand students, can not travel to the designated areas to sit for the exams.
Haroun said that the future of education in Sudan has become threatened, especially in Darfur, in light of the ongoing conflict, calling on the parties to the war to return to the voice of reason and distinguish between the enemy and others on the battlefield.