Media Home
UN Web TV
UN Audiovisual Library
UN PhotoUnifeed
SOUTH SUDAN / DISPLACED STUDENTS EXAMS
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / DISPLACED STUDENTS EXAMS
TRT: 2:25
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 DECEMBER 2019, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN, JUBA – UNMISS SUPPORTS DISPLACED STUDENTS SITTING EXAMS
TRT: 2:25
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
DATELINE: 17 DECEMBER 2019, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
17 DECEMBER 2019, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Various Shots, students gathering at pick-up point
2. Driving shot, buses leaving for Exam
3. Wide shot, students in the bus
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rebecca Chol, student:
“You know in the POC (Protection of Civilians site) there are a lot of things that we face like even the environment that we are living is not that fair. Okay, we have some provision of a library, but this is not enough for us. This is how I experience it in the POC. Maybe out that could be good. Maybe it could be good but in POC it is too hard because we are living in those camps.”
5. Various shots, students at the school
6. Various shots, students taking exam
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel Gadet, student:
“The challenges I face from the POC site, I can say there are more challenges, but I have a way to manage them because all my family are there [in Bor] so they send me something when I need school fees and the rest, so they assist me.”
FILE - 12 SEPTEMBER 2018, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
8. Various shots, peace agreement signing
FILE – SOUTH SUDAN
9. Various shots, displaced people
RECENT 0 28 NOVEMBER 2019, MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN
10. Med shot, returnees’ reception
FILE – SOUTH SUDAN
11. Various shots, humanitarian supply
Students gather before dawn in the United Nations protection site in Juba in preparation for a long day ahead as they sit their end-of-year academic examinations.
Sitting tests is a stressful experience for any student, but it is even more difficult for these South Sudanese teenagers who have been living in the camp since civil war erupted six years ago.
They are required to sit their exams at government-approved schools in the city, creating a huge logistical challenge for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) which has to transport the 1,250 students as a group.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rebecca Chol, student:
“You know in the POC (Protection of Civilians site) there are a lot of things that we face like even the environment that we are living is not that fair. Okay, we have some provision of a library, but this is not enough for us. This is how I experience it in the POC. Maybe out that could be good. Maybe it could be good but in POC it is too hard because we are living in those camps.”
Despite the challenges, the students are prepared to do whatever it takes to get the qualifications they need to find jobs or go on to further study at university.
Student Samuel Gadet’s family, including his four brothers and three sisters, live in a UN protection site in Bor, in the Jonglei region of South Sudan. But he stays with his brother in the camp in Juba because it is easier for him to access education. Despite their separation, his family do their best to support him.
SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel Gadet, student:
“The challenges I face from the POC site, I can say there are more challenges, but I have a way to manage them because all my family are there [in Bor] so they send me something when I need school fees and the rest, so they assist me.”
The signing of a revitalized peace agreement last year has significantly improved the security situation. More than 645,000 people living in refugee and other displacement camps have returned home. Many of those living in the UN sites are able to safely go to school, work and shop in the markets outside.
The focus for UNMISS and humanitarian agencies now is to ensure that services, including access to schools and health facilities, are available in communities so that displaced families no longer feel they have no choice but to remain in the camps to get the support they need.
Download
There is no media available to download.
