{"id":5375,"date":"2025-06-16T13:13:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:14:11","slug":"national-elections-commission-launches-master-trainers-program-to-strengthen-civic-education-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5375","title":{"rendered":"National Elections Commission Launches Master Trainers Program to Strengthen Civic Education in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Juba \u2013 Al-Wadi Newspaper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>National Elections Commission (NEC)<\/strong> this week launched an advanced training program targeting the development of <strong>master trainers in civic education<\/strong>, as part of its broader efforts to support electoral awareness across South Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is being held in <strong>two phases<\/strong> in Juba\u2014from <strong>June 10 to 13<\/strong> and <strong>June 17 to 20, 2025<\/strong>\u2014with the participation of <strong>50 trainees<\/strong>, including NEC staff, members of <strong>State High Elections Committees (SHEC)<\/strong>, and representatives from government institutions and civil society organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an official statement, the NEC said the training is based on its <strong>Civic and Voter Education Strategy<\/strong>, and is conducted with support from the <strong>United Nations Integrated Electoral Assistance Team (UN IEAT)<\/strong>. The NEC\u2019s training manual covers five core topics: <strong>democracy, governance, human rights, elections, and peacebuilding<\/strong>, along with a complementary module to enhance the presentation and facilitation skills of civic educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aims to unify the efforts of the NEC, state-level election committees, civil society, and other stakeholders to ensure <strong>a coordinated and effective approach to civic education<\/strong>, supporting a <strong>transparent, inclusive, and peaceful electoral process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commission affirmed that the program will build the capacities of <strong>50 master trainers<\/strong> in two cohorts, who will then lead civic education initiatives at the state and county levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, <strong>Commissioner Thabo Abosuh Ayang<\/strong>, who is responsible for civic and voter education at the NEC, stressed that <strong>strong partnerships with state institutions, civil society, media, and political parties<\/strong> will be key to the success of the national civic education program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: <em>\u201cWe are collectively working to promote a culture of political participation to ensure fair and credible elections that reflect the aspirations of the people of South Sudan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba \u2013 Al-Wadi Newspaper The National Elections Commission (NEC) this week launched an advanced training program targeting the development of master trainers in civic education, as part of its broader&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5377,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5375\/revisions\/5377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}