The Ministry of Education of Somalia ( so, Wasaaradda Waxbarashada) ( ar, وزارة التعليم) is a

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responsible for

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. The current Minister of Education of Somalia is Abdulahi Arab. Who hails from Surre, Surre, Dir. On 29 October 2022, the ministry compound in

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was attacked by terrorists, killing at least 100 people.

Introduction

Ministry of Education & Culture was the ministry that was responsible for education and culture in

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. The ministry has ten departments. On 17 January 2014, newly appointed

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Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed ( so, Cabdiweli Sheekh Axmed, ar, عبدالولي الشيخ أحمد; born 1959), also known as Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohammad, is a Somali economist and politician. He previously worked in the Somali military governmen ...

split the ministerial portfolio into Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, respectively.

Organization

* Minister of Education **Deputy Minister *** Secretary-General *** Under the Authority of Secretary-General **** Internal Audit Division **** Corporate Communications Unit **** Education Performance and Delivery Unit ***Deputy Secretary-General (Education Development) **** Education Development Division **** Procurement and Asset Management Division **** Policy and International Relations Division ***Deputy Secretary-General (Management) **** Finance Division **** Human Resource Management Division **** Account Division ***Director-General of Education **** Deputy Director-General of Education ***** Educational Planning and Research Division ***** Curriculum Development Division ***** Examination Syndicate ****Under the Authority of Director-General of Education ***** Banaadir Education Department ***** Lower Shabele Education Department ***** Baay Education Department ***** Bakool Education Department ***** Gedo Education Department ***** Middle Juba Education Department ***** Lower Juba Education Department ***** Middle Shabele Education Department ***** Hiiraan Education Department ***** Galgaduud Education Department ***** Puntland State Education Department ***** Somaliland State Education Department ****Department of umbrella and private education ****Department of Public Schools ****Office of examinations and Certification

External links

Official Ministry website

References

{{Somali ministries

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

Education in Somalia

Government agencies established in 2010 Government of Somalia Somalia, Education Language regulators Somali language Somali culture