Education Cluster

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 …

NEW YORK (SoOHA) – A conference held at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY during 8-9 June 2019 covered variety of issues related to Somali/Somaliland education leadership. The conference was the first annual conference dedicated to Somali educational and economic development. This was a unique opportunity for academics and practitioners to  in   the education to share  …

WASHINGTON (SoOHA) – Not many people get to study in the same class as their parents, but a Somali mother and her youngest daughter did just that. Mother Falhad Ahmed Mohamud and her daughter Amina Mohamed recently graduated from a university in Virginia together with Masters degrees in IT. The …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Thousands of students are sitting for final exams afresh today after the previous one was cancelled over what the ministry of education termed as ‘widespread leakage’. The security of the all more than 100 examination centers was heightened to prevent cheating and leakage as previously witnessed. According to …

BURAO (SoOHA) – A single teacher is keeping classes going for 120 children at Gebagebo village school, in an extremely remote hilly area, some 90 km north of the Somaliland town of Burao. Public vehicles venture only once a week up to this village, which is mourning the recent death …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Five people among them three secondary school children from the same family survived gunshot attack while travelling in a public transport bus in Darkenley district, in the outskirts of Mogadishu this morning. The three children; a boy and two girls were heading to school (Al-Anwaar) when the …

NAIROBI (SoOHA) – The move by the government to shut down social media platforms in the country at the end of this month as students retake their final exams has received sharp criticism with Amnesty International terming it ‘ridiculous’. Amnesty International deputy regional director for East Africa Seif Magango said …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Education Minister Abdullahi Barre has cancelled the form four final exams and announced social media shut down at the end of May when a retake will be conducted. Barre made the announcement Monday night as papers set for today- Biology and English were circulating in social media …