Education for Human Capital Development Project for Somalia

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

The development objective of the Education for Human Capital Development Project for Somalia is to increase access to primary education in underserved areas, with a focus on girls, and improve quality of instruction. The project comprises of four components.

The first component, system building will provide support to the government for developing and operationalizing fundamental elements of a functional education system. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening government’s stewardship role; (ii) establishing a national student learning assessment system; and (iii) strengthening system-level monitoring and evaluation.

The second component, expansion of access to quality schooling for the disadvantaged will provide out-of-school children from disadvantaged backgrounds with access to good quality schooling opportunities at no cost to their families.

The third component, enhanced instruction quality will improve the capacity of Somalia’s teachers is central to enhancing learning outcomes of its students.

The fourth component, project management will likely be the largest investment managed directly by Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE) and investments are required for staffing key positions to deliver the project successfully.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Somalia

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Somalia

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2021 - 2026

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

FMS Ministries of Education, Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary enrollment

Quality

  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

Not applicable or unknown


Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school)

Age

5 - 12

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary

Other populations reached

  • Boys out of school
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Reducing economic barriers

  • Reducing/eliminating school fees

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased enrolment in primary school

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown