Transforming Education in Somalia: A call for action

[Deeq A.]

On 16th to 19th of September, the United Nation’s General Secretary convened the Transforming Education Summit (TES 2022) on the side lines of the United Nation’s General Assembly, bringing global education leaders together to deliberate on the crisis affecting the education sector. Recovery from the impact of Covid-19 and the significant learning losses during the school closure, necessitated the call for the TES in New York. A recent World Bank /UN report on the crisis noted, that the portion of 10-yearolds in low- and middle-income countries who cannot read a simple story is estimated to have grown from 50 percent before the pandemic to 70 percent today. Education is further threatened by increasing violence, conflict and displacement and the impact of climate change globally.

Source: Hiiraan Online