Al-Burhan Directs Payment of Five Months’ Back Pay to Khartoum Teachers

Head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, directed the formation of a high-level committee to support education. The committee’s objective is to develop solutions and proposals to improve the educational environment in the country. He also issued a directive to disburse the outstanding salaries of teachers in Khartoum State.

This came during his attendance at the Khartoum meeting of state education ministers, organized by the Federal Ministry of Education.

Minister of Education, Al-Tuhami Al-Zein Hajar, stated that the meeting aimed to formulate visions and ideas for developing education in Sudan. He explained that the Al-Burhan’s presence and participation in the meeting provided an opportunity to brief him on the state of education, which has been damaged by the targeting and destruction of schools and educational institutions by RSF militia. The meeting also served to review the challenges facing the sector in all states.

Al-Tuhami indicated that Head of the Sovereignty Council directed the disbursement of five months’ back pay to teachers in Khartoum State. He also directed the maintenance of the Ministry of Education’s printing press to resume printing textbooks and make them available to students throughout Sudan.

The Minister affirmed that the Al-Burhann”s participation in the Education Ministers’ Forum reflects the state’s commitment to improving the educational process by creating a suitable environment for students to achieve the required academic success.