The Child rights to education in South Sudan

Abstract

Education is a major priority for children in South Sudan. This paper identifies and discusses the challenges facing child rights in education in South Sudan. Literature reviews, policies and Laws were consulted. This paper reveals that primary education age is not in school, and a million adults are illiterate and do not have the awareness to improve both their living conditions and those of their children also its is going to explain the obligations of the State to ensure the rights to access to education, equally and without any discrimination to the light of their legal implication for the achievement of the international requirement on the child right education under provisions laws. However, the ongoing violence, poor health, conflicts, poverty and governmental failures are the major challenges that led to the downfall of the education system in South Sudan. The basic aims of education need to be to ensure that a child's right to education is realized, respected, protected and promoted. Additionally, it also required the State to adopt or capture the general principle of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which is to be incorporated into the national laws by the National Legislature. It is also applicable practically through a legal framework on child rights to education in South Sudan. The role played by communities’ authority and other civil society to create effective awareness to encourage the various families to the importance and goals of education. Therefore, the government policies must be based on the strategic planning and activities that are needed for child rights access to education. More primary schools are needed to provide free access to primary education for the sustainable development of South Sudan.