|
Ninteen students from the south protested against their exammination results in Bakht Al-ruda
|
By: Izzadin Abdul Rasoul
Nineteen first year students from South Sudan in the College of Economics at Bakht Al-Ruda University protested against their examination results. They accused the college of bias against Southern Sudan students in the marking of examinations papers. Emma Edward, a first year student at Bakht Al-Ruda University's College of Economics yesterday told Citizen that the 19 students from South Sudan who were given fail grades in their examination results have formed a committee to meet the college dean Idriss Mohamed Ahmed. Said she, "We asked the dean of the college through or committee for revision of our examination papers. His reply was that he would not order a revision because the results reflected the levels Southern students, whether they are in the South or in the North. He then added, according to Emma, "If they want to do anything, you can do it." Emma said that after hearing this from the dean they wrote letters of withdrawal from the college but the dean refused to accept them. The students then presented their letters of withdrawal to Vice Chancellor Anas Abdulhafeez who also rejected them. The next step taken by the committee was to contact the South Sudan Students Union and then they went to meet the Federal Minister of High Education. The minister requested their Sudan basic school certificates so that he could arrange their enrollment in other universities. Emma said that most of the Students who failed the examinations were born in North Sudan and had no difficulty with the Arabic language. She recalled, "One of the college's lecturers, named Nada Gism Al Said, once asked, "What brought you Southerners to this University? Bakht Al Ruda is an Islamic University." Meanwhile, Suzan Fredensio Gore, who graduated from Bakht Al Ruda University last year, told Citizen that such things had never happened to Southern during her time in the university. "There were the normal slight students' problems. Since I entered the university only one from South Sudan was expelled; his name was William Tombe. And the problem of Tombe was one of personal circumstances that did not allow him to sit for examinations," she added.
Source: The Citizen, Khartoum 03/09/2006
|
|
|
|
|
|