Profile: Secondary Four students (Photo: Awan Moses)

An education official says financial constraints have delayed the release of the 2025 Senior Four examination results in South Sudan after the marking process stalled due to lack of funding.

The Director General for Alternative Education at the Ministry of General Education, Samuel Deng Marier, said Primary Eight results have already been released, but Senior Four marking has been halted because the National Examinations Council has not received required funds.

He said the Ministry of General Education is engaging the Ministry of Finance to secure financing to resume marking and release the results.

“There is a problem now with the marking of the examination for Senior Four. Marking for Primary Eight is already released, but Senior Four is facing a problem,” Samuel Deng said.

He added: “Our Honourable Minister has been engaging the Minister of Finance to ensure that the money is available to the examination council to mark and release the results. So, the money is not coming to the Ministry of General Education.”

The remarks were made during the release of the 2025 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), conducted in partnership with UNICEF.

The report presents an overview of the situation of children and women in South Sudan, focusing on education, health, and child protection, and points to continued challenges in social service delivery.