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Southern Sudan: The Challenges of Building an Education System in the Wake of Conflict

Date: Friday, July 9, 2010 / Time: 6:00am - 7:30am 

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This event analyzed the state of education in Southern Sudan and the lessons learned about developing an education system in a place devastated by war and with a history of limited formal education experience.

Twenty-one years of civil war left Southern Sudan with one of the weakest education systems in the world. Since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed in 2005, considerable effort has focused on constructing a basic education system. Six months before the referendum on whether Southern Sudan remains part of a united Sudan or secedes, and with expanding the educational capacity of Southern Sudanese an urgent priority, what is the state of education in Southern Sudan? What lessons have been learned about developing an education system in a place devastated by war and with a limited history of formal education?

Speakers

  • Marc Sommers
    Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Peter Buckland
    Consultant
    Human Development Network
    The World Bank
  • Elizabeth Leu
    Senior Education Advisor
    AED/Global Education Center
  • Jon Temin, Moderator
    Senior Program Officer (Sudan), Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations

 

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