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- Education
Overview
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EDUCATION OVERVIEW
- General
Outline: Education in Somalia
- Elementary Education
8 years
- Secondary Education
4 years
- Vocational/Technical (Secondary) 4 years
- Post-Secondary Education
- Undergraduate (bachelor’s)
4 years
- Medical
(first professional degree)
4 years
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- General Information:
- The government of Somalia is
non-functioning. Before the
collapse of the state in 1990, the European Commission (EC) was active
in education development in Somalia; it assisted primary and secondary
school development. Since 1993, the EC Somalia Unit, part of the
Regional Delegation of the European Commission in Kenya, has been the
major donor to the education sector in Somalia.
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- In early 1993, communities and teachers
began reopening schools (particularly in urban centers). However,
schools continue to operate on a sporadic basis and it is not known when
normal academic processes will be reestablished.
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- In 1996, the Somalia Unit started to work
systematically in the education sector in Somalia by developing a
programme to help the Somalis create a sustainable education system
through active participation of the communities. From that time onwards,
the European Commission has invested about 20 million Euros for the
development of education in Somalia.
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- Administration and
Finance:
- Approximately 15% of the state budget is
in theory, allocated to education.
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- The Ministry of Education is responsible
for primary, secondary, technical, vocational, primary and technical
teacher training and non-formal education.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Culture oversees secondary
teacher training colleges, the Somali Academy for Science and Arts, the
National Museum, and National Library. The National University is
autonomous.
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- Regional and district education teams,
headed by Regional or District Education Officers together with
headmasters, are responsible for managing and administering education
services at the local level. Although
the Ministry of Education is highly centralized, decentralization of
education planning, management and supervision has been effected since
1987.
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- Size:
- No current information can be provided
regarding the number of educational facilities in operation.
UNESCO has reported that virtually every educational institution
in Somalia was destroyed during the civil war beginning in 1991.
The most current information available dates from 1982 in which
approximately 229,000 students were enrolled in 1,503 educational
institutions of all levels.
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- At present, it is estimated that fewer
than 3% of all children of any age cohort are enrolled in educational
programmes.
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- Structure:
- The formal structure of education as it
existed in the 1980’s, began with two years of kindergarten, which
were optional. This was
followed by a 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 structure for elementary, intermediate,
secondary, and university education respectively.
Sometimes primary education was offered in a unified eight-year
programme. Postsecondary
courses were also offered by institutions under the administration of
other Ministries; Health (two-year nursing programmes), Livestock
(two-year programmes in veterinary science), Range and Forestry (also
two-years).
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- Academic Year:
- October through June
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- Teacher
Education:
- Primary school teachers are trained in
secondary-level teacher-training programmes.
The programmes are of two-years in duration. Upon completion they
are awarded a diploma. A
one-year intensive training programme for primary teachers was
introduced at Halare College.
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- Secondary school teachers are trained in
the National University’s Faculty of Education in three-year
programmes or at the Technical Teacher Training College for vocational
and technical education. Admission
to both institutions is open to students who have completed secondary
education.
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Revised: May 06, 2004
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