EAA ties up with Unicef to enrol over a quarter of a million Somali children into primary education – The Peninsula

EAA ties up with Unicef to enrol over a quarter of a million Somali children into primary education – The Peninsula

Doha: The global education foundation, Education Above All (EAA), signed a partnership agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to enrol more than a quarter of a million Somali children in primary education on Sunday.

Somalia’s State Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education, H E Abdurahman Mohamud Abdulle pledged support to ensure access to quality primary education for 300,000 additional out of school children (OSSC) in the country. Minister attended the signing, which took place at the 20th edition of the Doha Forum, where world leaders, policy makers and thinkers convened to discuss this year’s theme “Transforming for a New Era.”

“The education of Somali children and youth is a key priority for our government. We look forward to working closely with EAA and its partners to enrol out of school children into education,” explained Somalia’s State Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education, H E Abdurahman Mohamud Abdulle. “With this ground-breaking project, we aim to provide quality education to students and thereby avoid even more generations missing out on learning or be deprived of this fundamental right.”

Three in five of Somalia’s children and school-aged youth are out of school. EAA and Unicef will focus on the most marginalised children,