Education Cluster

 HARGEISA (SoOHA) – Nasra Mohamud Omar, 14, an orphan in the Somaliland town of Burao, is feeling thoroughly dejected that her school days have already come to an end at her young age. Having lost both her parents and coming from a poor family, she has completed her primary education …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – More than 200 young women graduated from different faculties at Somali International University (SIU) in Mogadishu this week, reflecting a major advancement overall in female education in Somalia. Bilan Abdullahi Mohamed, who lives in Daynile district of Mogadishu, told Radio Ergo that her university experience had been …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The fifth annual Mogadishu Book Fair opens today in Mogadishu bringing together a host of local and international authors, readers and literary enthusiasts from within and outside the country. The three days event which started in 2015 and gradually grew into an annual literary festival in Mogadishu …

Somali graduates are proud, inquisitive and, in many cases, innovative. They are certainly ambitious and should be confident about their future in a country blessed with so much natural resources and potential.   Yet, at the best of times, there is a tragic disconnect between the jobs available and the …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – A 14-year old boy, whose parents fled the civil war in southern Somalia two decades ago, has emerged the top student in the just-released Puntland State national examinations. Shueyb Hassan Ali was named top student by the Puntland education ministry after scoring 676 out of a possible …

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – High school students and teachers from a school in central Somalia’s Mudug region have been spending the school holiday giving adult literacy classes to pastoralists.  A team of 50 students and 10 teachers from Amara secondary school in Amara, Hobyodistrict, have travelled to six villages to give classes to 150 people from pastoralist communities.  Hassan Dahir Hussein, 40, …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia’s Ministry of Education has announced the results of the national secondary schools’ exam on Tuesday. The Minister, Abdullahi Godah Barre said the first ten students will be offered fully sponsored a scholarship in and outside of the country. Total students of 22, 499 students out of …

GAROWE (SoOHA) –  HE Minister of Education and Higher Education in the State of Puntland in Somalia Abdullah Mohammed Hassan inaugurated the Dar es Salaam Primary School, which was built by Qatar Charity (QC) in the city of Garowe, funded by the good people of Qatar. The 400-square-meter school has …

GAROWE (SoOHA) – The number of girls completing high school in Puntland has slightly increased thanks to efforts made by the education ministry and international partners. According to the ministry, 1,888 girls completed their studies this year as compared to 1,600 the previous academic year. The general director of the …

DADAAB (SoOHA) – As though the scars of war are not bad enough, child refugees arrive in Dadaab only to find education hard to get. Those who squeeze into class live in constant fear of repatriation, while girls as young as 12 are married off to help put food on …