Khartoum state postpones school reopening by one week

Sudan’s Khartoum state has postponed the start of the 2026-2027 academic year by one week to Oct. 18, from Oct. 11, the state education ministry said on Saturday.

The ministry said the delay would allow officials to complete academic and administrative preparations, including placing sixth-grade pupils in intermediate schools, marking intermediate school certificate examinations, training newly recruited teachers and preparing school facilities.

Abdel Latif Shakir Abdel Latif, the ministry’s director general and acting minister, announced the decision in a statement but did not address teachers’ demands for higher wages and payment of outstanding dues.

The Sudanese Teachers’ Committee criticised the postponement, saying the administrative and academic reasons cited by the ministry did not address the underlying problems facing the education sector.

Sami al-Baqir, the committee’s spokesman, said the decision reflects a broader approach that prioritised demonstrating government activity over meeting financial obligations to teachers and other education workers.

The committee has called for outstanding payments and the provision of basic requirements for schools to operate.

On Wednesday, the committee submitted a petition to the presidential palace outlining education workers’ demands, after efforts to resolve their grievances through federal and state executive institutions failed to produce a solution.

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