3233: Back to Learning: Youth Reporters Highlight Barriers Keeping Children Out of School

On the Miraya Breakfast Show, host Juma Emmanuel spoke with UNICEF-supported young reporters Robert Richard and Nene Attif about the Back to Learning campaign and why many children, especially girls, are still out of school in South Sudan. They shared what they heard during door-to-door visits, including poverty, unemployment, unpaid civil servant salaries, and negative attitudes that keep girls at home, as some families prioritise boys or push girls into early marriage. The guests said many children want to study, but families struggle to pay, and they urged parents to do whatever they can to return children to school while calling on authorities to implement plans for free or supported education and improve school conditions, including climate-resilient classrooms, water, and safer learning environments.