Somaliland Looks up to Own Resources to Educate 600K Out-of-School Kids
The Republic of Somaliland says it can provide schooling to over half-a-million school-age kids if it prudently exploited an abundance of under-utilized resources in...
Controversy Shrouds Mass Failures of Mogadishu Students in Somalia National Exam
Somalia’s education policymakers are under pressure to explain how secondary schools in the capital Mogadishu reported massive failure in the national examination, while those in...
Kenya: Schools Close in North-east Kenya After al-Shabaab Targets Teachers
Authorities face criticism for withdrawing teaching staff from an already marginalised region where education is badly needed
A series of targeted killings of schoolteachers by...
Somaliland: Five Things You Need to Know this Week about Global Education
Our news roundup includes new schools in Somaliland, a film about child slavery in India and children back in class after earthquakes in the...
Another School – ELMS – Puts Somaliland on the International Map
Somaliland remains unrecognized internationally but one school is placing the country on the world map.
Elms School, a privately run institution in Hargeisa will this...
Somaliland: National Examination Board Announces Results for 2018/19
The Chairman of the National Examination Board of the Republic of Somaliland, Daud Ahmed Farah, declared that 92% of students who sat for secondary...
How schools are kept afloat in Somaliland
In 1991, following a civil war that led to the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic, the northern part of the country declared itself as the...
Trudy Hall – Emma Willard Leader to Head Abaarso School
The Abaarso School of Science and Technology is about as far from Emma Willard school as one can get.
Set in a leafy enclave of...
Behi Bans Lavish Gifts to Top Students by Privately-Owned Schools (Videos)
President Musa Behi Abdi of the Republic of Somaliland, on Monday, prohibited the tradition among privately-owned educational institutions to shower lavish gifts to students...
Somaliland: Abaarso Format Can be a Model for Somali Education Leadership, Excellence
A conference held at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY during 8-9 June 2019 covered a variety of issues related to Somali/Somaliland education leadership.
The conference was...