The real reasons for the reluctance of Sudanese students to apply for universities this year ..! – #other dimension – ✍️ Musab birr
Sudan this year is experiencing an unprecedented decrease in the appetite of students to apply for universities, which reflects a deeper crisis than a decrease in the number or a weakness of participation, but is rather linked to a certain number of economic, social and political factors that have accumulated in recent years.
The first of these reasons is the deterioration of the economic situation that exhausted Sudanese families after the last war. High tuition fees, whether in public or private universities, made higher education a heavy burden for limited income families. Even exceptional students are unable to pay registration fees or complete admission requirements.
The second reason is the collapse of educational infrastructure due to war and armed conflicts. Many universities have been closed or their buildings, libraries and factories have been damaged, and a large number of professors and university experts have migrated, which has negatively affected the quality of education and universities have lost their attractiveness.
As for the third reason, it concerns lack of security and political stability; Many students have been displaced internally or have used neighboring countries looking for security or better educational opportunities. This trip created a gap between students and national education establishments and turned their destination abroad, despite the difficulty of their living conditions.
In addition, there is a crisis of confidence in the functional future; Sudanese youth estimates that the university degree no longer guarantees economic employment or stability. Unemployment among graduates has achieved unprecedented proportions, which reminded of self-employment or migration instead of sitting in conference rooms for many years without guaranteeing a future return.
Social media and digital immigration have also played a role in raising awareness among students in the alternative to education and external scholarships. Sudanese universities have become a less attractive option compared to other opportunities that can be more quality and cheaper.
Faced with this disturbing reality, urgent intervention becomes a national necessity, not an option. The first steps consist in restructuring tuition fees and developing support programs and government or private subsidies addressed to low -income students, in order to ensure that they are not deprived of university education. The affected universities must also be restored and a safe and modern educational environment, while re-popularizing migratory academic skills thanks to appropriate incentives.
In addition, the State can adopt policies to encourage employment and link universities and the labor market through training programs and partnerships with the private sector, in a way that restores confidence in the feasibility of higher education. It is also necessary to invest in technical and vocational education as a parallel option for the university, to extend the opportunities of young people and increase their competitiveness.
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In the end, the Ministry of Higher Education must launch awareness and orientation campaigns to show students and their families the opportunities for education and its advantages at home by emphasizing the legalization of the mechanisms for the taxation of university costs to ensure the equity of the equity of the distribution of possibilities to obtain higher studies, while encouraging international cooperation initiatives. Finally, these measures, if, if it was implemented with an honest political will, the Sudanese universities will return to their natural position as an incubator for science and development, and limits the reluctance of students in the years to come … and we continue if there is the rest of the Almighty God.
He doesn’t have it without God
God is enough for us and yes, the agent
Oh my God, do not throw us with our sins that are not afraid of you, and are not mercy of us, oh mockery
