religious or linguistic minority has the right, along with his family, to
enjoy pronouncement of his culture, religion or language and practice
rituals in his own language.
The Civil Rolls Act, 2001 stipulates that heads of families have an
obligation to have a family card as a document that has a legal power to
prove all information listed in it. There are strict controls to prevent any
illegal manipulation of the identities of children. The Regulations set rules
for issuance of national numbers for abandoned children without
discrimination.
B. Freedom of Expression:
In addition to Article 5-2 of the Child Act, 2010, outlined earlier, the School
Regulations ensured the importance of school activities, cultural, artistic and
sporting, which constitute platform for children to express themselves. This
right is linked to restrictions of morality and good behavior and conduct which
act as safeguards against delinquency and for the purpose of fulfilling the best
interests of children.
The National Festival for Creative Children; children from all over the Sudan,
along with some other stakeholders, take part in this annual festival where
they compete in 15 activities.
The National Child Artistic Competition; this is an event where 100 children
from allover the Sudan compete annually for prizes in poetry, painting,
scientific inventions … etc. Winners of the first three places are awarded
prizes.
The National TV channel has a number of programs for children, including
cartons and other recreational and enjoyable programs.
The program map of the National TV channel contains three main programs
and another smaller one for children. Details are as follows:
Table (3): Children Programs on National Tv
Program
Frequency
Time
Nature
Shape
Children Garden Weekly
09-10
Recorded
Feature
Friday
Children on Air
Weekly
11-12
Live
Interactive
Saturday
competitions
Child Oasis
Daily (excluding 14-15 daily
Live
Feature
Friday
and
Saturday)
Fun X Fun
Friday
10 minutes after Recorded
Mainly
Children
selected
Garden
materials
produced
abroad
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