Tag: Education

POOR AND DEADLY FRAUDULENT EDUCATION SCHEMES IN SOMALIA

Civil War in Somalia had produced not only warlords, Union of Islamic Courts, Alshabab, Alqaeda, ISIS, but also fraudulent education merchants engaged in dangerous schemes to exploit mercilessly parents and their kids for business profit. These fraudsters give out education certificates to youth who can’t read and write any legible literature. “Students” are required only to pay their fees to pass exams. Whatever subjects they try to imitate teaching, civic education isn’t one of them. Their schemes don’t produce Somali personality. The schemes are spoiling generation after generation to produce illiterate population, “graduates” of the fraudulent education schemes throughout Somalia.

Parents of these kids have to choose between two evils:

1. To leave them to their own devices with the potential of becoming juvenile delinquents, perish in the high seas looking for better opportunities overseas, radicalized and recruited by extremists.

2. Or to allow these kids to fall victims to the fraudulent education schemes in their own country.

Since youth “graduates” from fraudelent systems are miseducated, on the top of lacking labour skills, they are hardly expected to get jobs in the limited labour market here in Somalia. At this stage, parents are still in a dilemma of what to do with these young “graduates” . Here start parents’ struggles to seek job openings for these ill-prepared youth through cronyism, nepotism and corruption. While engaged in this process, they try to secure loans to lease vehicles used as taxis called Dhaweeye (UBER) to keep these youth busy and out of trouble.

Somalia’s fraudulent education cartels have been attracting education crooks as well from neighboring East African countries like Uganda and Ethiopia. But, you would rarely see Somali college graduates from Kenya for they have high standards in their education system and strict admission requirements. In Uganda, these fake education crooks had established the so-called ” Kampala International University” specifically deviced to take advantage of the misery of Somali youth looking for better education overseas. Students need only to register there and pay tuition fees. Getting certificate is guaranteed.

To illustrate this point, one day, a few years ago, I received a phone call from a Somali man in Garowe, Puntland. He informed me that he was with a Ugandan friend from “Kampala International University” visiting Puntland, and they wanted to see me. I told them about the place to meet, which was a hotel lobby. The Ugandan identified himself as “Ahmed”, an unlikely name for his obvious African features. To make a long story short, “Ahmed” wanted Warsame Digital Media to place an advertisement for his “University”. I asked him what subjects they were teaching there. His answer was stunning. Among the subjects he told me that they teach included “Bachelor of Surgery”. In conclusion, I asked him to show me the curriculum and fields of studies of “Kampala International University”. He promised to come back next morning to show me the literature. He never returned.

(This article has been updated since posting.)

FAILING EDUCATION IN SOMALIA

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SOMALIA: A COUNTRY WHOSE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TITLES CORRESPOND NO MERIT

In 1969 the post-colonial government of Somalia had been overthrown by a military junta led by general Siyad Barre, the commander, with the help of the Soviet KGB. Soon the junta declared a pseudo-socialist order in Somalia. The military regime started pursuing policy of house cleaning by uprooting the educated, especially those from Majeertaine community. These were considered anti-revolutionaries and reactionary bourgeoisie. They were purged from public and security services in the same way Pol Pot of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) did. Soon the junta found itself with huge job vacancies in all government departments. They couldn’t afford to hire expatriates like Indians, Pakistanis, Philippinos, etc. The junta instead devised “Crush and Literacy” campaigns to prepare cadre resource to fill in the employment gaps. In 1975 these ill-prepared semi-literate favorites of the “revolution” graduated from adult night schools to take up jobs in all badly affected sectors of the country. Anybody among the recruites could be appointed to any job title, or any police and military rank. It isn’t an exaggeration that an office cleaner had been appointed director general of the same ministry he was a cleaner only recently. Official titles lost any meaning of merit. This is the main reason why Somalia’s State had failed.

“Somalis are the most dangerous people. They call you General, Ambassador, while they know you are neither of them. By hearing this address so often, you would finally accept the title”, Said Col. Gebre, the Ethiopian military/political commissar, when I met him in Baydhaba in 2006.

Later, resistance to the military dictatorship grew within all Somali clan system proportional to the repressive measures by the junta, until the regime withdrew in its last breath in January 1991 – a total collapse of public institutions taking place and expulsion of its dictator, Siyad Barre, from the country. He died in exile in Nigeria a decade later.

As Somali State collapsed in 1991, former government officials and high ranking security officers found themselves refugees mainly in Europe, Australia and North America. To earn one’s living in those countries, one has to get a job. You can’t get hired without relevant labour and social skills. Big titles from Siyad Barre Regime couldn’t do the trick.

We should return to meritocracy, the value of hard work and experience and quality education.

PUNTLAND LEFT BEHIND IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

WDM EDITORIAL

In an early article from this blog, https://ismailwarsame.blog/2022/07/31/the-bleak-situation-of-readership-in-somalia/, we articulated that people who don’t read isn’t only literally backward, but it is also safe to say that they will have no future because they will not only lose their freedoms, but also their country. Tell me any county of nomadic population, which had established a strong nation. You won’t find one. Why? Besides their backward ways of existence, they don’t go to school to learn new and modern ways to make societal progress?

Although Puntland education was lagging behind Mogadishu and Somaliland, we hear these days that even textbooks for students whose primary and secondary schools were historically struggling to stay open, are beyond reach of already poor purchasing power of these students and families. Certain social media and radio broadcasts are reporting stress signals and interviews from parents on the issue. Some even speculate that mercyless and politically connected Puntland merchants are exploiting the situation with sales offer of more than fifty US dollars a class. Such prizes even in rich countries are not acceptable.This is worse than loanshark business, taking advantage of poor and low income population. Health sector fares no better either with Puntland sick traveling long distances to Hargeisa, Mogadishu and beyond.

Puntland Government must step in to address the alarming state of affairs with education, health and other important social services sectors.

Todoba Sababood oo ka Dhigtay Finland Dalka ugu waxbarashada Xooga Badan Aduunka

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Waxaa laga yaabaa inaadan magaca Finland aadan ku sidkin siyaasada iyo murugaha bariga dhexe, laakin dalkaa yar ee ka tirsan Iskaandaneefiyaanka waxay awoodeed saartay si asaasi ah inay horumariso nidaamkeeda waxbarasho, ilaa ay noqotay dalka ugu waxbarashada fiican dunida sida uu sheegayo warbixinta tartanka caalamiga ah ee horumarka. Warbixintan kooban waxaan diirada kusaaraynaa 7 waxyaabood oo Finland ka dhigtay dalka ugu horeeya dunida dhanka waxbarashada sida ay sheegayso warbixinta baratanka caalamiga ah ee 2015 ( Global competitiveness Report)

1- Ixtiraamka Waxbarashada waa qayb ka mid ah dadnimada iyo aqoonsiga reer Finland

” Arinkaas wuxuu u baahanyahay si loogaaro150 sano xushmadaynta waxbarashada iyo xirfadaynta wax barista”
Sidaasuu ku jawaabay wasiirkii hore ee waxbarashada Finland Par Stanbak markii uu ka dalbay wariye inuu kusoo koobo hal eray sirta ka dhigtay dalkiisa inuu ku horumaro waxbarashada. Maxaa yeelay in lagu faano aqoonta lana ixtiraamo ayaa ah asaaska dhaqanka Finland, waxayna ku dhistay aqoonsigeeda qawmiga ah ilaa qarnigii 19aad waxayna maalgashatay tacliinta, markii ay madaxbanaanida ay heshayna hadafkeeda koowaad wuxuu ahaa in si mugweyn ay uhorumariso waxbarashada

2- way adagtahay qof walba inuu Macallin iska noqdo

Si ka fiirsasho leh ayaa macallimiinta loo doortaa, waxaana muhiim ah inuu aqoon sare leeyahay xamaasadna u hayaa macallinimada iyo caawinta dadka kale (dulqaad u leeyahay), ma kaafinayso macallinku inuu haysto shahaado jaamacadeed darajada 1aad (bachelor) si uu u helo shaqada macallinimo ee waa inuu Master haysto, sideedana waxaaba la aqbalaa 11% inta soo codsata shaqada macallinimo sanadkii, taasna waxay damaanad siinaysaa in shaqadaas kaliya ay soo codsadaan kuwa hibada iyo aqoonta u leh.

3- Saacadaha Shaqadu way yartahay oo raaxo badantahay

Astaamaha u gaarka ah ee waxbarashada dalka Finland ayaa ah in diirada ay saarto ujeedka waxa la dhigayo iyo qiimaha uu leeyahay, oo kaliya ma ahan in wax layska dhigo ee waa inuu qiimo sameeyo sidaas darteed ayaa macallinku maalinkii shaqeeyaa 4 saac asbuuciinaa 20 saac, saacadahaas badh ka mid ah macallinku wuxuu diyaarinayaa manhajka waxbarashada iyo qiimaynta ardayga, sidaasaa markasta oo ay yaraato saadacadaha wax dhigista waxaa kordhaysa xilliyada nasashada macallinka qayb ahaan markaasay gaaraysaa 75 daqiiqo maalintii marka loo qaybiyo saacadaha macallinku uu shaqeeyo maalinkii.

4- Ma jirto kalasoocidda heerarka aqooneed ee ardayda
” HA UGA TAGIN GADAAL ARDAY”

wuxuu ahaa halkudhiga dugsiyada Finland xilli hore, inta uusan caan ka noqon dalka maraykanka, halkudhigaas isku badalay wax lagu dhaqmo dalka Finland wuxuna ku tiirsanyahay in kor loo qaado heerka aqooneed ee ardayga fahmada yar ama dadaalka yar oo laga tagoori maayo saaxibadiisa ay isku fasalka yihiin ilaa uu soo gaaro, oo macallimiin gaar ah ayaa loo saarayaa kuwaasoo siiya daryeel gaar ah uguna dulqaata si loosoo gaarsiiyo fasalkiisa, oo marna lama rabo inuu kaharo fasalkiisa. Kaliya 30 arday ayaa Finland hela caawin dheeraad ah 9ka sano ee ugu horaysa waxbarashada asaasiga ah, sababahaas oo jira dhan ayaa Finland ka dhigtay dalka dunida ugu yar ee ardayda farqiga u dhaxeeya.

5- Xiriirka adag ee ka dhexeeya Macallinka iyo Ardayga

Waxyaabaha waxbarashada Finland ku gaarka tahay waxaa ka mid ah in Macallimiintu ay ardayda la joogaan sanado badan oo ay ugu yartahay 5 sano, taasna waxay keenaysaa inuu xiriir adag ka dhex abuurmo macallimiinta iyo Ardayda kuwaasoo gaaraya 20 arday fasalkii, macallinkuna wuxuu khibrada fiican u yeelanayaa dabeecadaha iyo dhaqamada arday walba iyo sida ugu haboon ee uu ula dhaqmi lahaa.

6- Ardaydu way siman yihiin

” Sinaanta waxbarasho ee dalka Finland, waxaa isku wada waafaqsan dhamaan Axsaabta siyaasadeed”
Sidaas waxaa yiri Guddoomiyaha Ururka macallimiinta ee dalka Finland, arintaasna sheegasho iskama ahan ee waxay ku dhisantahay hab isu dheellitiran oo si siman oo cadaalad ah uu adeega waxbarasho ku gaaro gobollada Finland oo dhan miyi iyo magaalaba, qani iyo faqiirba, waana sababta diidaysa in dugsiyada Finland ay Ganacsi galaan ama ay yeelato dabaqad gooni ah ama siyaasad gaar ah inay fuliso, dhamaan dugsiyada Finland waa maalgelin bulsho dhaqaalahana si siman ayaa loogu qaybiyaa, mana jirto kala sarayn iyo tartan ka dhexeeya dugsiyada, dhamaantood waxay ku shaqeeyaan hadaf qowmi ah oo mid.

7- waxaa kor ukaca ardayda Jaamacadaha gasha

93% ayaa dugsiyada sare ee Filland ka qalinjebiya, waa tiro aad u saraysa taasoo Finland ka dhigtay Maraykanka inay kasarayso 17.5%, waxayna awood siisay waxbarashada sare ee Finland in 66% ardayda qalinjebisay inay galaan kuliyadaha jaamacadaha iyadoo aysan jirin sharci ardayga ku khasbaya inuu jaamacad dhigto, waana heerka ugu sareeya ee Qaarada Yurub, waliba iyada oo Finland ku bixisa 30% ardayda Jaamacadaha iska diiwaan gelinaya ama dhigta taasoo aad uga yar inta uu Maraynka ku bixiyo.

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