Education Cluster

MOGADISHU — Fifteen-year-old Nasra Aidarus is happy to be back in class after a four-month school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Somalia. The seventh-grader at Daynile Primary and Secondary School was just settling into her new school when classes were canceled in March to limit the coronavirus …

MOGADISHU — Several gunmen killed at least five Quran teachers and wounded several other people during readings from the holy book in southern Somalia, officials said. The attack this morning in the town of Rage Ele in the Middle Shabelle region, killing innocent civilians and religion teachers, was “unacceptable,” said …

MOGADISHU — An umbrella body for schools in Somalia wants Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre fired for “creating a crisis” in the country after thousands of candidates scored below average marks in national exams. The School Association for Formal Education [SAFE]said the failures in the exams could create fertile grounds …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s education minister Abdullahi Godah Bare has once again said that students from Puntland state who have not sat for the official standardized test will not have their final certificates recognized by the Mogadishu administration on Friday. The minister also called on the Puntland politicians to take the …

MOGADISHU – Somalia has on Wednesday launched a new unified curriculum for secondary schools countrywide in what could end years of multiple nonstandardized school systems. While launching the new curriculum in Mogadishu Wednesday, President Farmaajo said the attainment of a unified system was a step forward in rebuilding the education …

BAL’AD — Acting Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Abdullahi Godah Barre on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the new School for the Agriculture in Bal’ad district in Middle Shabelle region in Hirshabelle State, SONNA reported. Bal’ad District Commissioner, Qasim Ali …

KISMAYO — Kenyan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) handed over three newly renovated classrooms at Hosingow Primary School in the Lower Jubba region of Jubaland State of Somalia, to the local administration, in an effort to improve education in the area. The renovation of the …

MOGADISHU — The government of Somalia has ordered the expulsion of CARE Country Director Iman Abdullahi, according to a letter issued Tuesday. The letter, which was sent from the country’s Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education Abdullahi Godah Barre, accused the head of CARE Somalia of disregarding the government’s policies and procedures, …

GEDO — Somalia’s minister of education Abdullahi Godah has narrowly escaped unhurt in landmine attack planted on the roadside in Luq district of Gedo region on Sunday evening, officials confirm. The roadside explosion hit one of the convoys of the vehicles escorting the minister and slightly injuring two members of …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government said it will reopen primary and secondary schools on Saturday, four months after closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Education Minister Godah Barre said on Wednesday the government has put in place the necessary preventive measures to ensure smooth learning resumes across the Horn …