Catholic University of South Sudan campus in Wau has resumed lectures after few days of strike. Vice Chancellor, Fr. Mathew Pagan, said that student’s demands were contained, Radio Bakhita reported.“Economic crisis have come and bites everybody, we need also to increase the fees in order to cope up with the situation,” he explained.
The Vice Chancellor disclosed that the problem of insufficient lecturers was a general issue on which the university was looking for possible ways of resolving the situation.
“The issue will be resolved, they are not big problems, they are just internal problems,” Fr. Pagan explained in a telephone interview adding that “You have all the rights of expressing your demands but this should not interfere other people’s rights.”
The Vice Chancellor was responding to students’ recent strike in Wau against increment of fees.
Meanwhile, the Catholic Radio Network (CRN) is training Anisa Radio Journalists in Yambio on professional news writing.
CRN media trainer Ilona Eveleens, during the first session said that people trust journalists only when they perform their duties responsibly. She urged the journalists to cross-check their sources of information and balance the stories. She also challenged media personnel to do their work very well.
According to Fr Elario Bazia Zambakari, the Director of Anisa Radio, the training aimed at building the capacity of the staff, as he pledged that his administration will frequently organize similar trainings.
CRN Director Enrica Valentini also made her first visit to the station. She explained that it is her responsibility to go on the ground to understand what people are doing.
Source: CRN