New School Year .. Challenges Ahead

Muawad Mustafa Rashid

The school year in Khartoum State (2026/2027) started yesterday (Sunday) amid enormous challenges and obstacles facing the students and their families.

Most of the parents complain form the high fees imposed by the private schools which reached in some schools to 100% compared to the fees of last year.

Some parents argue that the private schools concentrate on getting profits and not improving the educational environment within the absence of monitoring procedures from the concerned authorities in the ministry of education.

The new school year will face the challenges of the shortages in the staff, seats, and text books.

The school year will be difficult within the price hikes including the uniform and transportation a matter that might lead to the increase in the drop outs due to the failure in proving those essential items.

Frankly speaking all the problems facing the school year are due to the absence of the Ministry of Education role in controlling the fees of the private schools and its failure to provide the government schools with more facilities to enable it accommodate more students.

According to official figures there is shortage in teaching staff despite the recent recruitments.

Educational experts assume that this school year will go smoothly and the families will be able to overcome all the above mentioned challenges.

It is high time for the ministry of education to call for an urgent workshop to be participated by all concerned institutions and educational experts to discuss the challenges and finding out the appropriate solution to all the problems facing the educational process.