January 7 - 2021 KHARTOUM
Dr Omar El Garrai - head of the National Centre for Curriculum and Educational Research (SUNA)
Yesterday, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok instructed the National Centre for Curricula and Educational Research in Khartoum to stop developing new school curricula as their proposals caused controversy in the country.
In the press statement, he said that he discussed the matter with a wide range of academics, educators, religious leaders, and civil society activists.
The proposed new school books were widely criticised, in particular by Muslim clerics. The criticism even reached a point where Dr Omar El Garai, Director of the Centre, received death threats.