July 15, 2020 (Khartoum) The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Sudan, Prof. Intisar Al-Zain, has directed government and private universities to resume studies, using online
education.
The Sudanese Cabinet had issued in mid-March, a decision to close all universities, colleges, higher institutes foreign higher education institutions in the country due to the emergence of the novel
Coronavirus pandemic that claimed the lives of 659, and infected 10417 according to the epidemiological report of the Sudanese Ministry of Health.
Intisar Al-Zain said , resumption of study will be effective from Tuesday, 14 July 2020, using the available electronic means and media, provided that students are not physically present in halls.