Education
Somalia’s basic social services have been suppress due to civil wars and years of underinvestment.
More than three decades of conflict and civil wars have destroyed Somalia’s educational system. The education system is characterized by poor quality, insufficient number of qualified teachers and inadequate resources.
The educational deficit in Somalia is one of the most acute in the world.
Somalia hosts one of the world’s most significant out of school populations with around 3 million out of the 5 million children and youth of school age not in school.
Somalia’s pastoralist communities which is nearly 60% of Somalia’s population face further impediments to education as communities move with their children and livestock in search of water and pasture making schools in normal, static schools impossible.
In southwest state, the proportion of sites where the nearest education facility is more than 60 minutes walk is 25%. The type of learning facilities available at sites 100% Quranic, 75% primary and 25% secondary.
CADI assists Southwest State of Somali and local communities by proving education services that mitigate conflict and improve the capacity of governance in education institutions to deliver quality and equitable services in education.
CADi is investing in education and contributing to a more stable future by:
- Increase in enrollment and retention of school age children.
- Enhance capacity of government to develop and implement a non-formal education policy and strategy.
- Increase support for education among parents, elders and religious leaders.
- Strengthen capacity of community groups to support education programs.
- Improve numeracy and literacy outcomes.
- Improve professional development and performance of teachers.
- Take advantage of the large number of Quranic schools in the state to integrate the qur’anic with secular.