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The
main objective of Sudan' s educational system is to prepare the
youngsters for effective participation in socio economic and
political life. Prolonging citizen's productive life span and
cost effectiveness were taken into consideration. The
educational system is structured as follows:
A-Basic Education Lever:
Including:
1-Preschoorl Education: (kindergartens) for two years starting
at the age of 4 years.
2-Basic Education: lasts for 8 consecutive years starting at the
age of 6 years. It targets children. at the age of 6-13 years to
be prepared for sitting for the basic Education Certificate
exams and qualify for admission to secondary schools or the
labor market.
B-Secondary Education Level:
This includes two types of education:
1. Academic Secondary Education:
Academic education. which extends for three years at the end of
which the students sit for the Sudan Certificate Exam and
compete to join higher education, universities and higher
institutes both academic and technical. because the content has
been developed and widened to give more choices for candidates.
2. Technical Secondary Education: Duration for three years
leading to the Secondary School Certificate, which qualifies
candidates to compete for joining universities and higher
education or the force of labor. It comprises four types:
commercial, industrial, agricultural, and women studies.
c- Parallel Education: Hereby we draw your attention to the fact
that there are other types of government schools and institutes
that do not included in hierarchic of general education, and
each of this education institutes have its own syllabus
according to its objectives and needs, these institutes are:
1. Religious institutes
2. Vocational institutes
3. National industries institutes
4 Vocational training centers
Some of these institutes are not under direct supervision of the
general Ministry of Education (such as vocational training
centers which are the responsibility of the Ministry of Public
Service and administrative reform) and some of its students
compete to join certain higher education institutes.
It is to be noted that the former teachers training institutes
have been transformed into faculties of education associated
with universities, in their respective areas, granting their
graduates bachelor's degree in education (for the basic
education level)
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