This research is about secondary education in South Darfur State using factor analysis. The
problem is: what is the underlying structure of the secondary education in South Darfur State.
The study population is the secondary schools in the State. A sample size of 46 secondary
schools was taken. The data was collected using stratified random sampling. The collected data
was statistically analyzed using factor analysis. Principal component for extraction and varimax
for rotation were used to analyze the correlation matrix using the statistical package for social
science SPSS. The purpose of this research is to examine the underlying structure of secondary
education in South Darfur State. After review the literature and the data were analyzed, the
researcher discusses the results of analysis and come to some acceptable results as follows:
Seven factors were extracted to explain 77.7% of the total variance at secondary education. The
first two factors are general situation and degree of crowded of classrooms.