The new independent country of South Sudan from the Sudanese portion of North East Africa. of population 12 million people bordering Ethiopia to the east, Kenya, Uganda and the DRC to the South and the Central African Republic to the east. 

in July 2011. South Sudan came out of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Challenges to the new Republic include: decades of underdevelopment in terms of services and infrastructure, long-standing tensions with Sudan. There was a Civil War at the end of 2013 Making harder for the education system to put it toe, a tremendous degree of lives lost, displacement, and political tension.

Dr. Lako Tongun , a professor in the International Studies department at Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, Joins BC Global online Radio Today to talk about The historical background of Education in South Sudan before the coming of the British colonialism in Sudan to the current Educational system in the South Sudan.