In a country torn by war, South Sudan is struggling with literacy, George, a recent A-Level graduate goes all the way to start
For George, founder of the Science Club at Victoria Secondary School in Juba, most of the education he got while in school was theoretical or almost entirely based on books. This affected the way he and his fellow students understood science subjects, in his own words he said ‘…We could hear of resistors, diodes, and others during our physics lessons but we have never seen any of those substances in real life or experimented with them and so we failed to connect the relevance of those experiences to our day to day life’. Growing in Sudan Sudan where the literacy level is only 27% of people who can read and write and later being pushed to the Bweyale refugee camp in Uganda due to civil unrest, this has been the only image of education George could see.
However, around 2016 – 2017, George participated in a series of open technology training conducted for students at Panyadoli Self-help secondary School in Bweyale refugee camp, Kiryandongo district supported by the r0g_ Agency For Open Culture and Critica Transformation which helped him see the fun, and interactive side of tech. After the events, inspired by the training, he [George] continued to pursue his love for hands-on electronics and open hardware through DIY & by taking a huge step to major in sciences during his A-level studies.
Now George is a science teacher at Victoria Secondary School in Juba, South Sudan
He officially inaugurated his Science Club in the school.
Hosted his first science club event supported by Junub Open Space – JOS through the #ASKnet project.
Looking forward to a future full of hopes and opportunities to further develop & impact the skill levels of his students.