Education Report - Educational Gains Mixed for Girls and Boys in Puntland and Somaliland

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, the United Nations Children's Fund, has reported some good about education in two areas of Somalia. Puntland and are now relatively peaceful and secure, at least compared central and southern Somalia. A study found that in , the share of students in primary education increased from percent to 43 percent over the last five years. smaller increase was reported in Somaliland. In both cases gains in school attendance were greater among boys than girls.

Girls leaving school is a problem across Somalia. example, only one-third of Somali girls who had completed grade took the Form Four Exam in the 2011-2012 year. And girls represent only 28 percent of students Somali secondary schools. The communications chief for UNICEF in , Susannah Price, says more schools are being built. She the agency is developing projects in several fields of . She also says UNICEF has been working on training and developing nontraditional forms of education. Some of these are for children of families that herd livestock and from place to place. Susannah Price says education is important to the future of Somalia. But there are in getting parents to send girls to school. The says UNICEF encourages equality between males and females in . More universal education could help Puntland and Somaliland also other areas of development, such as health care. For Learning English, I'm Laurel Bowman

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