A file picture of a teacher in South Sudan. (File photo/courtesy).

Lack of teachers at Nyumazi Refugee Camp in Adjumani district, Northern Uganda is hindering learning for more than 250 South Sudanese refugee students.

A member of the teaching staff in one of the secondary schools, Panther David Atem, told Eye Radio that there is a shortage of teachers in the camp.

He says most of the teachers left teaching because they were volunteers without any specific salary or allowance.

“We don’t have enough teachers because they are not paid,” said Mr Atem.

Mr Panther says the students were subjected to an evaluation exam and they passed well.

“In senior one, we have registered 68 students and they are doing well. We have conducted an evaluation exam and they were doing well. In senior two and senior three, it is the same thing.”

Mr. Panther said that some 270 students have been registered in a community school where he teaches.

He says the students also face a difficulty of adapting to the Uganda education syllabus.

“Most of the students we have registered here are challenged by the syllabus here in Uganda because most of them were from South Sudan and they were using the South Sudan syllabus,” he continued.

There are about 60,000 South Sudanese refugees in Nyumazi Camp in Adjumani district in Northern Uganda.

Schools in the refugee camps in Northern Uganda have now closed due to the ongoing population census.

The census also includes South Sudanese refugees who are residents of the camps.