South Sudan: Gov't to Change Student Scholarsips After Education Funds Stolen

18 September 2011

Kampala — South Sudan's new minister of higher education said on Saturday during a visit to Uganda that "a lot of changes" will be made to processes of awarding scholarship to students due to lack of transparency and corruption at his ministry.

Responding to requests from students to release of delayed annual support funds minister Peter Adwok Nyaba said a parliamentary inquiry would be launched into the alleged misappropriation of the resources.

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