Somaliland President Receives Certificate of Honor from EDC
Posted on 18/09/2011 in Latest Headlines
Hargeisa (JSLTimes)-Somaliland president Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Siilaanyo today obtains certificate of honor from an organization by the name of EDC in honor of the president’s commitment in improving country’s education.
Senior EDC officials commended president’s role in betterment the level of Somaliland education having his administration in power for nearly one year.
Firstly, they praised president’s move in making intermediate education free and this step was widely seen as stride taken in the right direction.
This was of great help to Somaliland poor families in which school fees are beyond their means of capability.
Somaliland president speaking thanked EDC in presenting this certificate of honor. He pointed out this is one of the signs that his administration is committed in improving country’s education.
The president of Somaliland added that it is number one priory for his administration to continue such efforts stretched it to high schools.
The president called upon EDC which has collaboration with ministry of education to continue their support when it comes to country’s education.
On the other hand, the director general of ministry of education Mr. Khadar Ahmed Diiriye told at the event that Somaliland is to host a conference which will bring together to Somali speaking countries including Somaliland, Djibouti, Kenya and Somalia. The theme of the conference is what should be the best way forward for improving education in these countries.
The conference is expected to be attended by delegations from organizations engaged in improving education, universities from neighboring countries, other universities from UK, USA, and Canada. The conference was held in Malawi last year
