Racing Against Catastrophe - Tom Price
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Tom Price met the three student teachers in this photo-film, Kiden, Pitia and Burle, who were about to graduate from Yei Teacher Training College. Not unscathed from the epidemic of abbreviation, YTTC was an example of one of the many bold and buoyantly determined efforts to move on from the rubble and stagnancy of war. Around one in a thousand teachers in South Sudan have any formal training, many having only received primary education. The Government of South Sudan's target is to train around 20,000 teachers over the next five years but its current annual output is around 1,000 graduates, twenty per cent of which are trained at YTTC. Kiden, Pitia and Burle were keen to show Tom around their college compound, which boasted one of the largest buildings and the only marching band in town.
In the film Racing against catastrophe, Pitia, Alice and Burle, three students from Yei Teachers Training College, talk about their experiences of growing up and going to school in a country enduring civil war. Having spent the last two years at teacher training college, the three students look forward to the challenges of teaching the first children to grow up in the new South Sudan.
For more information about Tom's work, please visit http://tomalprice.com
In the film Racing against catastrophe, Pitia, Alice and Burle, three students from Yei Teachers Training College, talk about their experiences of growing up and going to school in a country enduring civil war. Having spent the last two years at teacher training college, the three students look forward to the challenges of teaching the first children to grow up in the new South Sudan.
For more information about Tom's work, please visit http://tomalprice.com
