SOMALIA LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

  Somalia education officials are moving ahead with comprehensive assessment of the country’s universities and colleges as this year begins. The assessment is being carried out by the ministry of education, culture and higher education’s National Higher Education Commission (NHEC), with the goal of ensuring higher education quality does not fall below unacceptable standards. With private universities playing a key role in Somalia – a legacy of its long civil war – creating HE standards that work has been a long-time concern of the government. Dahir ...


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