South Sudan's Minister of Higher Education has closed all privately owned learning institutions with "immediate effect" leaving thousands of students without a place to study.
The national ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in the Republic of South Sudan has ordered with immediate effect the closure of private institutions of learning/ private universities that have been operating in the country saying they do not measure to the standards of an institution of Higher learning.
The Association of Private Universities (APU) handed over their petition addressed to the office of the President Salva Kiir in response to the recent Press Statement of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology; threatening to close down 22 private Universities operating in South Sudan for not meeting required standards set by the Ministry.
Adwok Nyaba, the minister for higher education, decided to make news by closing down almost all private universities in the country with immediate effect from Thursday the 10th of May 2012.