SOMALIA SUFFERS FROM GLUT OF POOR TERTIARY GRADUATES WHO LACK SECONDARY EDUCATION
January 1st, 2018
SENIOR figures in Somalia’s education and employment sector are calling on the country’s increasingly influential government to bring down the numbers of tertiary colleges and universities to better match the lower number of graduates from secondary schools.
The proliferation of universities within Somalia, especially private organisations, as peace has taken root in the country, has prompted concern among experts that standards of education has weakened. The result is that Somalia graduates can be uncompetitive in the job market.
And a key reason for this ...
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