While Sudan has postponed the start of the new school year to October 2, as more than 600 schools are affected by the heavy rainfall of last month, UNICEF and Save the Children reported that nearly seven million children in Sudan are not going to school.
The Sudanese Ministry of Education yesterday announced the postponement of the start of the new school year from September 18 to October 2, due to the circumstances in a large number of states affected by torrential rains and floods.