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64 health workers graduate from MSF’s academy in Upper Nile

Sixty-four healthcare workers have graduated in Malakal Town, Upper Nile State after completing a nearly two-year training by the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

The graduates underwent an 18-month training in Basic Clinical Nursing Care to enhance their skills to better serve patients.

The graduates had already worked in various capacities at MSF medical facilities in Malakal Town and the Protection of Civilians Camp (PoC).

According to MSF, it designed a competency-based curriculum tailored to improve the capacity of the existing workforce and the overall quality of healthcare services they have been doing in the area.

26-year-old Angelina Achol is amongst the graduates.

In a voice clip shared with Eye Radio’s newsroom, she said the training has built her up, and given her the confidence to express, present, and perform her duties with courage.

” This opportunity has built me up, giving me confidence in myself and the ability to express, present, and perform my work with courage like I’ve never had before, “she said.

Meanwhile, the Country Representative for the MSF Academy in South Sudan, Serviour Dombojena is confident the graduates will improve medical care to the patients in Malakal.

“Having gone through the training, we have confidence in these healthcare workers to provide an improved quality of medical care to the patients in Malakal and other parts of South Sudan,

“The success of these training initiatives not only uplifts the skills of their graduates but also contributes to improved patient care in the facilities,” she added.

The graduates are the second group to be trained this year.

In March, a group of 88 learners completed the same curriculum in Lankien of Jonglei State.

Dismissed Rumbek teachers win their jobs back in court battle

Rumbek high court has ordered Lakes State General Education Minister to reinstate the four teachers he sacked last year and compensate each 325 thousand pounds for illegal detention as well as pay their salaries for the period they were out of jobs.

They include; Marial Macuei Mading, Mayor Apac, James Malith Malual, and Daniel Deng Mabor.

They were among 20 teachers detained in military barracks, but later 16 were released, leaving four of them in detention.

They were accused of inciting teachers to reject salary payments in protest against unpaid arrears.

But in August last year,  the court found them not guilty and freed them after they spent two months in Jail.

However, weeks after the verdict, General Education Minister Nelson Makoi Makur with the recommendation of Director General, James Marer Aluel terminated their services, citing they committed gross misconduct.

The move prompted the teachers to sue the Minister over the decision.

Yesterday, the high court in Rumbek ordered their reinstation and reparation of 325 thousand South Sudanese Pounds each for the period they spent in detention.

“The first thing that was done is reinstatement to their jobs and they have been awarded their salaries from the date of their dismissal to the date when the court ruled,” said lawyer Malith Jockthian who represented the teachers.

Besides, Jockthian said: “They [teachers] are compensated for the days that they have been detained unlawfully.

Emmanuel Mapuor Mabor, the spokesperson of the teachers confirmed the verdict, describing the judge as a reputable person.

“They received the announcement warmly because this was not our expectation that we received this amount yesterday [on Tuesday],

‘He is a reputable judge, we are very happy and it is a pleasure to all South Sudanese and Rumbek in particular and the media, ” he said.

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