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- HIGHER EDUCATION
- The National University of Somalia has been closed indefinitely.
- ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Access to higher education is based on the secondary school leaving certificate, awarded after the national examination and completion of 12 years of primary and secondary education. In addition, students were required to serve the first two years after secondary school in national service and for some programmes, to pass a competitive entrance examination.
- STRUCTURE
- Higher technical and vocational education was offered in specialized institutions which offer courses that last between one and four years in such subjects as industrial studies, public health, veterinary medicine, telecommunications, and commerce.
- University study consists of four-year programmes leading to the bachelor’s degree or laurea. At the time of the civil war, the National University was beginning to offer master’s degrees.
- ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION
- (No information is available.)
- GRADING SCALE
- Two grading scales were in use at the National University: a 0 – 100% scale on which the lowest passing grade was 60% and a grading scale based on the Italian system in which all subjects were marked out of a possible maximum of 30 with 18 as the lowest passing mark.