Assessing
the Education Sector in Somalia
Somalia
October 2002 – January 2002
 USAID
was interested in supporting the stability and further
development of Somalia, and so it laid out a three-phase
strategy to support and complement the USAID education
program in Somalia.
BEPS was first asked to conduct a comprehensive
education sector assessment. This assessment examined
all aspects
of the education system from primary to tertiary levels,
with special attention to the Northwest Zone of Somalia,
called Somaliland. The sector assessment highlighted
the following areas where USAID assistance could make
an impact: expanding nonformal education to children
in sparsely populated areas and children who were deprived
of education during conflict; enhancing Qu’ranic
schools’ ability to provide basic education; assisting
more females to enter the teaching profession; utilizing
information and communication technologies, with a focus
on English language teaching; building the capacity of
community education committees; and enhance the planning
and management capacity of educational leaders.
The next two
phases included USAID’s design of
an education program strategy, then the implementation
of a project on the ground by BEPS.
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