Education Cluster

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 …

GURIEL (SoOHA) – Sixteen-year-old Shukri Hashi Abdi’s mornings at home in Guriel, central Somalia, begin at the crack of dawn, making sure that her five brothers and two younger sisters are all fed and the house is clean. “After I finish cooking pancakes and soup, and preparing tea, I wash …

KUWAIT (SoOHA) – Kuwait has expressed its determination to hold a donor conference to back education in Somalia next year, Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations Affairs Ambassador Nasser Al-Hayen said on Sunday. Speaking before a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Somalia, Al-Hayen affirmed Kuwait’s support …

HARGEISA (SoOHA) – A 49-year-old mother of five has graduated from a university in Somaliland alongside her youngest daughter and her son-in-law, in an unusual family celebration of educational ambition and commitment. Sabaad Abdullahi Madar and her daughter Hafsa Abdullahi Husein, 21, graduated from Burao University’s with degrees in law …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Every school day, Shuayb Muhidin travels Mogadishu’s battle-scarred streets to get to Banadir Zone School. For years, the government has battled Islamist insurgents but now authorities are also turning to a new challenge: schools like Muhudin’s. The start of this school year marks the first time since …