{"id":5783,"date":"2020-07-24T22:45:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T22:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=5783"},"modified":"2020-07-28T08:16:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T08:16:46","slug":"five-hundred-students-from-puntland-sat-for-national-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2020\/07\/24\/five-hundred-students-from-puntland-sat-for-national-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Five hundred students from Puntland sat for national exams"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —<\/strong>\u00a0About five hundred high school students in the country\u2019s northeastern regional state, Puntland have sat for National exams last week, the ministry for education confirmed.<\/p>\n

The ministry and the authorities of the regional state were at loggerheads after Puntland failed to subscribe to national exams.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said out of 35,000 candidates, 5,000 students were Puntland state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ministry hereby informs Somali people that the exam concluded peacefully, we wish the student success in their ambition and bright future. The ministry congratulates Puntland students who voluntarily come out to do the exam,\u201d the statement reads in part.<\/p>\n

The move comes barely a week after Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barre vowed that students in Puntland who have not sat for the official standardized test will not receive their government-recognized secondary school diplomas.<\/p>\n

Godah reiterated his position that Somalia\u2019s government will not accept the results of any other standardized test except for the one issued by his ministry.<\/p>\n

He added that the educational relationship between the Puntland regional administration and the federal government is over after he accused Puntland of refusing to take part in the matriculation exams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secondary school certification test is the responsibility of the federal government. Only those who sit for the standardized tests will receive the Secondary School diploma.\u201d<\/p>\n

Somalia\u2019s federal ministry of education wants to have a standardized test for all schools across the country, but some regional administration including authorities have resisted.<\/p>\n

Source: Halbeeg News\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0About five hundred high school students in the country\u2019s northeastern regional state, Puntland have sat for National exams last week, the ministry for education confirmed. The ministry and the authorities of the regional state were at loggerheads after Puntland failed to subscribe to national exams. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said out …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[669,671,670,550,665,472,668,666,35,530,667,672,673],"class_list":["post-5783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-education-cluster","category-news","tag-000-candidates","tag-000-students-were-puntland-state","tag-670","tag-abdullahi-godah-barre","tag-five-hundred-students-from-puntland","tag-minister-of-education","tag-out-of-35","tag-sat-for-national-exams","tag-somalia","tag-somalias-federal-ministry-of-education","tag-the-ministry-for-education-confirmed","tag-the-puntland-regional-administration-and-the-federal-government-of-somalia","tag-wants-to-have-a-standardized-test-for-all-schools-across-the-country"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t