MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somali Minister for Education, Abdullahi Godah has pledged to provide an equitable and inclusive education system that affords children left behind with access to free quality basic education.
The Minister said the government is committed to improving the quality and access of education.
“This will enhance their personal development and in the medium to long term contribute to Somalia’s development, socio-economic growth, and global competitiveness,” Godah said.
Somali government and two international agencies last Thursday launched a program to boost education opportunities for children and youth impacted by ongoing crises in Somalia.
The initiative backed by the government, Education Cannot Wait and Development Relief Agency in Somalia (ADRA) will improve access to safe, quality education for children and youth affected by the multiple crises in the Horn of Africa nation.
The program will see Education Cannot Wait, the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, allocate 8.5 million U.S. dollars in seed funding to support the launch of the comprehensive multi-year education response.
With this catalytic grant, the organization called on additional donors to step up and fill the additional 58.8 million dollars required to reach over 402,000 Somali children and youth annually over the next three years.
The program’s activities will include: school rehabilitation to provide adequate safe learning space, the supply of teacher learning material.
It will focus on the promotion of girls’ enrolment and retention, support to community education committees to promote education delivery and the importance of protection and safeguarding, and strengthening policy development on education.
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