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Division in Sudan exams
The Sudanese Teachers Committee warned on Wednesday that "the multiplicity of decision-making centres regarding secondary school certificate examinations, and links to areas of military control, practically opens the door to a divided educational reality, and indicates a de facto separation of the Sudanese state, even if it is not officially declared."
The warning followed the formation on Tuesday of a technical committee by the parallel Sudan Founding Alliance 'Tasees' government linked to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the South Darfur capital of Nyala to oversee this year's secondary school certificate exams.
That formation came a week after that parallel body announced the completion of technical, administrative and security arrangements for conducting the exams.
Teachers’ Committee on exams
The Teachers’ Committee condemned the decision of the de facto government in Nyala to form a supervisory committee for secondary school certificate exams, saying it reinforces what the committee warned about regarding the danger of turning education into a tool for entrenching geographical and political division.
The committee said the conflict between the Sudanese government and the parallel government, and each side’s attempt to establish its position as a fully empowered government within its sphere of control through the secondary school certificate exams, reflects the concerns it has been warning about since early on.
The Teachers’ Committee added that the Sudanese secondary school certificate is not a local administrative procedure but a sovereign national entitlement, representing a symbol of the unity of the state and its educational institutions.