Education Cluster

HUDUR – South West State will reopen schools next month, the state President Abdiaziz Lafta Gareen has said amid an increasing number of COVID19 cases. Speaking in Hudur town Thursday, Lafta Gareen said plans were underway to reopen the schools which closed April following an order from the Federal Government. …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received US$ 1.9 billion in official development assistance (ODA) in 2019, comprised of roughly equal volumes of humanitarian (US$ 934 million) and development aid (US$ 924 million). The World Bank, United Kingdom, European Union, and Germany were the largest providers of development aid in 2019, together with …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia has developed Somalia Education Sector COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan in order to minimize and mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the education. This strategic response plan which is a six month period …

ADDIS ABABA — The grant agreement was signed on Tuesday by Admasu Nebebe, State Minister of Finance and Dr. Christian Rogg, Head of UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Ethiopia in a virtual authorization ceremony. The grant will be used for a project strengthening the economies of host and …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has ordered the closure of religious schools in the country for two weeks. The Ministry for Religious Endowment has on Monday directive the teachers of religious schools and other informal religious learning centers to follow the government directive and send their students home. The measure …

DUBAI — Since the COVID-19 outbreak, now officially a pandemic, began in December, schools and educational institutions have closed worldwide, interrupting the lives and education of millions of children and youth across the globe. This is why the Somali-American model Halima Aden has teamed up with UNICEF on a project that …

MOGADISHU —  Somalia and the United Nations culture and education agency yesterday signed an agreement aimed at strengthening efforts to preserve the country’s cultural heritage and improve its educational sector. “Culture and education are vital for the country’s future. After years of conflict, they are vital to the human dimension …

KUWAIT — A committee entrusted with making arrangements for a conference due in Kuwait this year for promoting education in Somalia convened a meeting on Monday. Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah presided over the committee meeting, which focused on ongoing preparations for the gathering, with the committee members attending. …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – Sharmarke Ali Ahmed, 11, is among 10 street children who have started a new life in Garowe, in the northern Somalia’s state of Puntland, thanks to the support of the principal of a local primary school. “I used to sniff glue and sometimes we would sleep on …

HARGEISA (SoOHA) – Mohamed Farah Adan, a Somali pastoralist, did not think he would be able to give an education to his youngest children until the new school was built near their village in Somaliland’s Sahil region. The school in Mandera, constructed by Somaliland’s ministry of education, has enabled the …