Since South Sudan split off from Northern Sudan, N. Sudan has lost a huge chunk of this resource.
That is disadvantageous. Education has great room for improvement here.
There are quite a few bodies available to work,
but a general lack of unity and common ground
is a negative factor for this potentially great country.
There are a lot of people that live here. In my opinion, this country is divided between extreme Islamists, Native Aboriginals, and normal Christian people - who want to move on and move forward peacefully and socially.
The war in the West region of Darfur, and in the Muslim occupied North kills a lot people, and who it doesn't kill it displaces and terrorizes until conversion or death.
The South Sudan, seems to me, to be the most fertile region for economic growth, using this countries labor forces. It would be the easiest to work with and the most productive to invest in.
Sudanese Labor Resources!
POPULATION OF SUDAN - TOTAL POPULATION - Roughly 4 million peoples.
Cities: Capital--Khartoum (pop. 1.4 million). Other cities--Omdurman (2.1 million), Port Sudan (pop. 450,000), Kassala, Kosti, Juba (capital of southern region).
Population (July 2009 est.): 41,087,825; 43% urban.
Health: Infant mortality rate--82.43/1,000. Life expectancy--51.42 yrs.
Annual Population Growth Rate:- (2009 est.): 2.143%.
Education: Attendance-35%-40%. Literacy--61.1%.
Work Force: Agriculture--80%; industry and commerce--7%; government--13%. 1.
EDUCATION IN SUDAN --- Education in Sudan is free and compulsory for children aged 6 to 13 years. Primary education consists of eight years, followed by three years of secondary education.
The primary language at all levels is Arabic. Schools are concentrated in urban areas; many in the South and West have been damaged or destroyed by years of civil war.
In 2001 the World Bank estimated that primary enrollment was 46 percent of eligible pupils and 21 percent of secondary students. Enrollment varies widely, falling below 20 percent in some provinces.
Sudan has 19 universities; instruction is primarily in Arabic. Education at the secondary and university levels has been seriously hampered by the requirement that most males perform military service before completing their education.
According to World Bank estimates for 2002, the literacy rate in adults aged 15 years and older was 60 percent. In 2000 the comparable figure was almost 58 percent (69 percent for males, 46 percent for females); youth illiteracy (ages 15–24) was estimated at 23 percent. 6.