LACK OF INTERNSHIPS FOR SOUTH SUDAN STUDENTS UNDERMINES POST-PEACE RECOVERY, STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS WARN
May 1st, 2021
Students in South Sudan are angry and frustrated at the lack of internship opportunities in their country because of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the problem is delaying the completion of their university education.
“We are still in a fragile state and in transition from [civil] war. It has been difficult to get internships or jobs,” said Samuel Arok, a third-year student of animal husbandry and breeding, at Upper Nile University, in the town of Malakal. “With Covid-19, many companies have opted for remote working, complicating the situation even ...
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