Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre and Education Minister Farah Sheikh Abdulkhadir unveiled on Monday the examination through which the Ministry would recruit 3,800 new teachers for public schools.
The exam was held in 22 locations nationwide, with 8,000 candidates attending. The Ministry of Education stated that 1,000 of the 3,000 teachers would be recruited from the Banadir region.
Among the 8,000 candidates taking the exam in Mogadishu were Hamdi Mohamed Hussein, a mother of an 8-day-old girl, and her husband Mohamed Abdi Ali.
Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said his government prioritizes returning tax collected from the Somali people to the community to provide educational opportunities to three million Somali children who have reached the age of education.
Hamza Abdi Barre has asked people living in the country’s educational centers to vacate so that Somali children can be served.
He directed the Security Agencies and the Ministry of Education to work together to restore those locations.
