Somali President congratulates on World Teachers’ Day

As the world marked World Teachers’ Day on Tuesday, Somalipresident, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has congratulated all Somali teachers for their hard work, steadfastness, self-sacrifices and for contributing their share of nation building by helping to develop and nurture tomorrow’s leaders.
Mohamud who was once a teacher, has expressed his joy at this opportunity to celebrate teachers who he described as heroes in the educational sector.

“We celebrate teachers who play a very important role in providing quality education at all levels,” said Mohamud.
He added, “We are very passionate about education, just as we believe that teachers are the real  heroes of every modern society, at various stages in our lives, we all have been taught by teachers, and so we have utmost respect and admiration for individuals who have chosen this noble profession of teaching.”

Somali education sector was battered by conflict and massive brain drain as a result of state collapse in 1991.

After the collapse Somalia’s popular government, famine compounded by the conflict, which is still raging in Somalia have caused hundreds of thousands of Somali people in the nation to lead life without the candle light of 21 century which is education.

Since Somali central government was toppled early 1990, Somali teachers together with other scholars formed Somali private Education Networks which were the sole responsible for the education of millions of Somali School going children, this was against all odds given the country’s status which has been paradigmatic example of anarchy.