At least 27,000 secondary school students in Somalia will sit for their national examinations from May 12, this year, Ministry for Education confirmed.
The examinations will be taking place for the fourth consecutive year, in Banadir region, Jubaland, Southwest, Galmudug and Hirshabelle states.
Supervisors and invigilators selected by the federal ministry of education will be presiding over the exams.
In a statement, the Ministry of Education said the exams will be conducted in 77 centres across the country.
Abdirahman Dahir Osman, Minister of Education making the announcement in Mogadishu, noted that the nation has been making a steady progress in its education system.
“Over 27000 of students who are already registered will be taking the examinations,” Mr. Osman said.
The minister commended the security agents who will be manning the examination centres and secure the examination stations.
The number of the students has increased up to 17% when compared to that of last year.
The number of students examined in the unified national examinations has grown steadily in the last three years, from 20,000 students in 2016, 23,000 in 2017 to 27,000 this year.
Somalia first administered centralized national examinations to over 7,000 high school students in 2015 for the first time in 25 years.
The Horn of Africa nation seeks to revive its education system which has collapsed after the fall Somalia’s central government in early 1991.
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