Tuesday, November 10, 2026 • The General Administration for Admission, Evaluation and Authentication of Certificates at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research closed, on Sunday, November 8, the application window for scholarships at private, national and foreign higher education institutions at bachelor's level for the academic year 2026–2027, after an electronic application period that ran from Tuesday, November 3 via the admission portal admission.gov.sd — the announcement required meeting the admission conditions for the bachelor's degree and obtaining the Sudanese Certificate for the year 2026 only, and that the student be of Sudanese nationality, with an application fee of 20,000 pounds, provided the scholarship is limited to tuition fees only, and that a student previously nominated in admission loses his seat definitively if nominated for the scholarship, and a student accepted through the scholarship is not allowed to transfer (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA), November 2, 2026). • The Secretariat of Academic Affairs at the University of Khartoum set Friday, November 28, 2026 as the date for the start of medical examination, interview and registration procedures for new students nominated for admission to the university for the academic year 2026–2027, for the bachelor's and intermediate diploma levels, with the procedures to continue for two weeks and conclude on Saturday, December 12, 2026 — the Secretariat called on the students concerned to adhere to the specified dates and complete the admission and registration requirements during the announced period (Source: Secretariat of Academic Affairs, University of Khartoum — via Sudan Platform, November 9, 2026). • Students of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Khartoum entered, on Sunday, a one-day strike from study in protest against the imposition of full in-person study and the refusal to adopt the blended learning regulation, alongside objection to the replacement of senior professors of the faculty — the Steering Engineering Association said 943 students voted in favour of the strike out of 1,229 participants in the referendum, an approval rate of 76.7%, after attempts at dialogue with the university administration faltered, demanding the application of the blended learning regulation approved by the Ministry of Higher Education last September in consideration of the conditions of war, the unreadiness of the dormitories and the preservation of academic staff — in the same context, the Sudanese University Professors Committee "Lajsu" announced a schedule for an electronic referendum of professors on striking from work, with voting extending from Sunday to Wednesday via its platform, with results to be announced on Friday and escalation steps to be determined thereafter (Source: Radio Dabanga, November 8, 2026). • The teachers' strike continued this week with a new round on Monday and Tuesday, November 9 and 10, according to the schedule of the Sudanese Teachers' Committee under the slogan "The Long-Breath Strike for a Fair Salary": a complete stoppage of work in all schools on Monday, and a peaceful sit-in and continuation of the strike today, Tuesday, demanding that the minimum wage be raised from 12,000 pounds to 500,000 pounds — a field report from Khartoum documented teachers' suffering with salaries that do not suffice a family for more than three or four days, and quoted the committee's spokesman Sami Al-Baqir as saying the Prime Minister had last month ordered the payment of arrears owed to teachers in all states, but the government did not provide a detailed schedule for repayment and did not address the rest of the demands relating to salaries and allowances, while the committee announced earlier in the week that the security cell in Umbada locality had summoned two of its members over the strike (Sources: Sudanese Teachers' Committee, November 8, 2026; Al Jazeera, November 9, 2026; Radio Dabanga, November 5, 2026). • Prime Minister Professor Kamil Idris was briefed, on Monday, November 9, on the plans and projects of the Ministry of Education and National Education, foremost among them the school feeding programme which targets in its first phase providing meals to one million male and female students in various states of Sudan — his meeting with the Minister of Education and National Education, Dr Al-Tahami Al-Zain Hajar, addressed the proposed projects in cooperation with the King Salman Centre, the status of payment of teachers' salary arrears, and efforts to print the school textbook for the first and second grades, alongside a proposal to enhance joint educational cooperation with the State of Qatar and the ongoing preparations to organise the general education conference in the country (Source: Ministry of Education and National Education — via Sudan Now Briefing, November 10, 2026). • The Al-Noor Institute for Teaching the Blind in Khartoum State was officially reopened after the completion of extensive rehabilitation, maintenance and renovation works, funded by the Wissal Foundation and implemented by the Suqia and Feeding Charity Organisation, in a step aimed at improving the educational environment and expanding education and empowerment opportunities for children and persons with visual disabilities — the opening ceremony was attended by government officials, community representatives and advocates for the rights of persons with disabilities, and the implementing and funding bodies affirmed that the rehabilitation of the institute falls within broader efforts to restore schools and educational institutions, and that quality education requires an integrated environment that responds to children's needs and preserves their right to education (Source: The CITIZEN newspaper, November 5, 2026).
— Editorial Team
