Gov’t, Digitel introduces a portal for verifying exam results

JUBA – South Sudan National Ministry of General Education and Instruction, in partnership with the private mobile telecom company Digitel Network, on Tuesday introduced an online portal for the verification and confirmation of primary and secondary school examination results.

Speaking during the launch of the digital results access platform in Juba, Awut Deng Acuil, the Minister of General Education and Instruction, said the digital results access platform would allow candidates to access their examination results when they are released.

“It is good that it is a public-private partnership; the role of the private sector is key if we are to achieve and strengthen our education system. Access to education is very important, and we are working together on something that will benefit our nation,” said Deng.

Deng said they have developed candidate registration software that will enhance candidate registration in the country to minimize error in handling candidates’ profiles.

For his part, De Chan Awuol, the Executive Vice President for Digitel, said the digital platform will enable learners to access their results directly from their phones through Digitel services.

“With our new product, students, parents, and schools can now easily check primary and secondary school results anytime, anywhere, straight from their phones using unstructured supplementary service data (USSD),” said Awuol.

“Anyone who uses this product will do so without any technical hiccups. We are in the private sector, and we have a responsibility to provide meaningful products that are life-changing for our people.”

Meanwhile, Abraham Matoch Dhal, the Vice Chancellor of Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology, stated that a company earns trust by excelling in its area of operation and added that the private sector needs to make transformations as we are in a free market economy.

“The introduction of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in schools is indeed very important. South Sudan is still very far behind in terms of technology, and once children are introduced to technology, it will advance very rapidly,” said Dhal.