JUBA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan said Friday it would send the third batch of teachers and school managers to China for training under the second phase of the China-Aided Technical Cooperation Project in Education.

Kuyok Abol Kuyok, undersecretary of the Ministry of General Education and Instruction, said that the group of 82 members who will leave on Saturday for one-month training in Shanghai comprises education directors, school inspectors, and managers.

"We have about 82 headmasters, school inspectors, managers that are going to attend this specific training in Shanghai, it is part of the China-Aided Technical Cooperation Project in Education program that has been running for the last two years," Kuyok said while briefing the trainees in Juba, capital of South Sudan, ahead of their trip to China.

Kuyok revealed that the first batch of trainees under the project returned to the country about two months ago.

"This is part of the support China is providing for education in South Sudan, it is support from the government of China, some of whom are directors, and we expect them to come back and train others," he added.

In November 2023, 150 teachers and school managers went to China for training.

The second phase of the project involves drafting, printing, and provision of textbooks for some primary and secondary schools in South Sudan, organizing capacity-building programs for the teachers and the educational administrators, developing and providing an evaluation system for the usage of the textbooks, and dispatching Chinese teaching personnel to Juba to teach the Chinese language. - Xinhua