Two teachers have been arrested for misappropriation of funds meant for motivating girls in school, the Deputy Director for Development in the Ministry of General Education has said.

The arrests follow a report carried by Eye Radio about students and parents complaining that some schools were recalling the money.

Some said their children were warned that they would not sit exams if they failed to return a certain percentage of the money.

The cash transfers is a 6-year program that was started by the Girls Education South Sudan in 2013, to support enrolment, attendance and achievement of education.

This year alone more than 70,000 girls have received the grants of 2,300 SSP for each girl, a rise from 320 SSP, the initial amount offered in the previous years.

George Ali Steven told Eye Radio that the detained teachers are among 43 other cases that are still under investigation.

“This is going to be punishable when we get concrete information that [these] teachers misused the money,” Mr Steven said.

The team leader of the Girls Education South Sudan, Akuja De Garang, called on the public to call 0928341727 or send an e-mail on info@gess-southsudan.org to report any case of misuse of the money.

“Please reach out to us,” she said.

“We have our partners on the ground in the states and we also have a number for you to report any of these incidents to us.”

The project is funded by the UKAID at 60 million sterling pounds.

According to GESS, almost 150,000 girls have now received at least one cash transfer since 2014.