Education is considered as necessity of life, on par with all other fundamental
necessities of life like food and water because of its relevance to the human
need, particularly nowadays where education is the base of everything in our
life.
Like all other basic human rights, the right to education adopted by the international constitutions been universally recognized since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 which stated that "Everyone has the right to education.” Therefore no one should be denied the right to education.
A new "development" in the educational process in Sudan as a result of the adoption of economic liberalization policies, led to a negative impact on the educational process.
Despite the fact that the right to
education includes freedom to set up private schools as a private education
sector, yet this freedom is subject to regulation by the State to ensure that a
proper educational system is applied on both public and private educational
sectors.
Nowadays there is a widespread phenomenon of
using suspension and expulsion of students from schools and universities as viable
punishments for students who
do not pay their tuition fees.
The practice of this phenomenon damages
the picture of education in the country in addition to the fact that the
numerous fees imposed on students in public and higher education are unbearable
for most of the Sudanese people and leave psychological impact on students who
are not capable to meet studies fees.
In
this week, I was told by two of my colleagues that their sons were vulnerable
to this phenomenon because they
are not able to pay their tuition
fees.
If you happened ask the management of
these schools or universities on the reason behind their practice of this unsavory
phenomenon, they will definitely tell you that "it is a known tradition"
but does tradition justify bad practices!?
This
dangerous phenomenon must be
given due attention because it will have an adverse impact on the future of
education in the country.
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