As students resume classes following nearly six months of school closure, the Indian government has taken a major step that will enable students meet their demand for power for night’s studies during the remaining two months of 2020 academic year.

The one-year project started months back with the training of the first batch comprising 30 students on solar lamp assembling skills to produce light aimed at improving students’ performance especially the disadvantaged likely to be affected by lack of light in their houses

The second phase of the project this time enrolled additional 30 students, summing up a total of 60 trainee students drawn from various levels, including primary, secondary schools, and universities.

“The government of India has decided to promote the use of solar power energy all over the world especially in South Sudan,” Ambassador S.D. Moorthy said while addressing trainees at the Indian Embassy in Juba Friday last week.

Moorthy said though South Sudan was an oil producing country, the reach of electricity and power to the citizens were very minimal, affecting students’ performance.

“This affects students very much. They are not able to concentrate on their studies because of lack of electricity in their homes,” Moorthy added.

According to Moorthy, his government in collaboration with Indian School of Technology, Mombai, donated five hundred labs to the students to help and create an awareness among students on pure sun energy.

“I am very happy I now have knowledge of how to fix simple solar lamp to help me have light for studying at night I am going to training other students so that they address challenge of lack of power,” Anna John, a fourth year law student at the University of Juba said.

A secondary school student, Jino Joseph said lack of power in his house was now a past history with the knowledge he has acquired from the training, promising to teach other students to be the same.

“Most of students don’t study at night because of lack of light as such majority don’t perform well during exams,” Joseph said.