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Pupils in SPLM-IO areas express excitement over start of exams Pupils who missed out on last week's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in different states of South Sudan due to insecurity have expressed joy as they sat the exams this week. On February 4, the Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil announced that the South Sudan National Examinations Council had been alerted of possible examination security threats in most of the SPLM-IO bases in parts of the Jonglei and Upper Nile State. Following the statement from the minister, education stakeholders across the country...

File photo (CMAID) Primary eight candidates in Akobo area which lies in an SPLM-IO-held territory say they are angry and upset for missing the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) that began across the country on Monday. Akobo area, which is located in Jonglei State, is a remote and hard-to-reach area in the north-east of South Sudan, close to the border with Ethiopia. Last week, the National Minister of General Education, Awut Deng Achuil announced that candidates in the SPLM-IO-controlled areas will miss out on the examinations due to security concerns in some parts of Upper Nile and Jonglei ...