Education

The results of the National Examinations results for 2015 have been released on Thursday with 12.7% of candidates failed to attain the required minimum grade. There has been anxiety as candidates…

The 9th Hargeisa International Book Fair opened yesterday drawing literary greats locally and foreign in Somaliland capital Hargeisa. Under the theme, Leadership and Creativity, the Book Fair will feature various…

A total of 16,324 secondary school students will sit for this year’s joint national examinations conducted by the ministry of education. The exams, which are the second government examined since…

What is a knowledge economy? By Jan Piotrowski The growing access to digital technologies could fundamentally transform developing economies. The move from hunter-gathering to the age of farming and the…

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said Somalia can effectively compete with the rest of the word if it invested in science and technology. President Mohamud noted he was keen on…

Teachers have complained about “cheating watches” being sold online to give students an unfair advantage in exams. These digital watches include an “emergency button” to quickly switch from hidden text…

A Kenyan teacher who gives classes against violent extremism is one of 10 finalists up for $1m (£690,000) prize for the world’s best teacher. Ayub Mohamud teaches at a school…

The European Union in conjunction with the Puntland state government Monday launched the second phase of the Puntland Education Sector Support Programme aimed at educational infrastructure support and teacher capacity…

The UN has called for a “quantum leap” forward in the empowerment of women at the launch of a global campaign to fully mobilise the untapped economic potential of half…