Generations of children in South Sudan have been and are being deprived of a fair chance in life because of the following reasons:

• Lack of schools infrastructure
• Conflict & insecurity
• Lack of qualified teachers

  As a result, or over 70 percent of school age children are out of school in South Sudan, putting at risk their futures and the future of the country. Some of the out-of-school children are living in pastoral communities, moving with their cattle and are not able to attend regular classes. The largest group of out-of-school children in South Sudan are girls. Poverty, child marriage and cultural and religious views all hinder girls’ education. The SDP consider education for children as basic human right and therefore will do the following:

• Upgrade all the existing primary and secondary schools.

• Establishment of compulsory and well-equipped libraries at all levels of educations as well as establishment of community libraries in each payam.
• Construction of enough primary and secondary schools with wash facilities according population distribution.
• Establish one large technical college and vocational training centre in each state of South Sudan to provide skill trainings such as electrical, mechanics, plumbing, fire systems, IT, carpentry, metal-work, etc.
• Ensure safe learning environments for children.
• Provision of adequate teaching staff and other manpower.
• Enhance teacher training and improve the competence of teachers along with vigorous national inspection;
• Upgrade all the existing universities and build new ones to make sure there is at least one well-equipped university with modern facilities in each state.
• Make learning experiences more meaningful for children and make education more cost-effective;
• Develop and promote effective use of innovative teaching methods/materials in schools.
• Provide more conducive environment for private sector participation in all levels of education;
• Provide in-service training for all the teachers and head teachers to achieve quality education and good governance at all levels of schools.
• Prepare our students to compete in the emerging global economy by prioritizing math, science and technology at all levels of education and also by promoting ICT literacy.
• Making substantial investments in training quality teachers at all levels of the educational system;
• Provide full funding for all the schools, colleges and universities and make sure all the staff are adequately paid and paid on time to keep them motivated while doing their job.
• Provide Universal Basic Education with emphasis on gender equity in both primary and secondary schools.
• Put in place laws, to prevent child marriage and early pregnancy.
• Employ more school teachers, to reduce the teacher-pupil ratio;
• Established the National Science Center, to promote scientific research, training in science and technology.