Education
With the collapse of central government in 1991, the education system is now private. Primary schools have increased from 600 before the civil war of 1172 schools today, with a 28% increase in primary school enrolment in the last 3 years. [50] In 2006, Puntland, an autonomous agency of the State, was the second in Somalia (after Somaliland) to introduce free primary schools with teachers receiving their salaries from the Puntland administration. In Mogadishu, Benadir University, National University of Somalia, Mogadishu and the University are three of the eight universities that teach higher education in southern Somalia. In Puntland, higher education is provided by the Puntland State University and the University of East Africa. In Somaliland, is provided by Amoud University, University of Hargeisa and Burao University. Three Somali Universities are currently ranked in the top 100 in Africa. Schools in the Koran (also known as duqsis) remain the basic system of teaching religion in Somalia. They provide Islamic education for children, thereby filling a clear religious and social development in the country. Known as the most stable, local and non-formal education of basic norms of religious and moral training, his strength is in basa community support and their use made of local and wide dissemination of educational materials.
The Qu’ranic system, which teaches the largest number of students in relation to other education sub-sectors, is the only system accessible to the nomadic Somalis compared to urban areas that Somalis have easier access to education . In 1993, a survey by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was conducted in which it found, among other things, that approximately 40% of pupils in schools Qu’ranic were girls.
