Over 27,000 students will sit for their final secondary examinations on Saturday in the capital and four other states.
The country has been struggling to revive its education system since 2015 after 25 years of a dysfunctional education system in the country.
Speaking to the media, Minister for Education, Abdirahman Dahir Osman said the candidates will sit for their examinations at centres located in some of the major cities.
According to the ministry, 27,000 students have been enlisted for these exams.
“We have registered 27,600 students in different parts of the country. The examination will kick off on Saturday,” said Osman.
Mr. Osman said the examinations will take place at 120 centres in the states and the capital.
Hundreds of Security forces will be deployed to all the exam centres to enhance the security of the students and smooth running of the examinations.
According to the ministry, thousands of invigilators and supervisors are taking part in the supervision of the exams.
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.
On the other hand, the ministry has postponed the examination of 1400 students who were expected to sit for their exams in the flood hit towns especially Beledweyne.
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 of Somalia’s central government in early 1991.
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