Ministry of Education (Somalia)

Ministry of Education

Wasaarada Waxbarashada وزارة التعليم
Coat of arms of Somalia
Ministry overview
Formed	1960
Jurisdiction	Somalia
Headquarters	Mogadishu Coordinates: 2°2′24″N 45°20′46″E / 2.04000°N 45.34611°E
Ministry executive	Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi', Minister of Education
Parent Ministry	Cabinet of Somalia
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Education of Somalia (Somali: Wasaaradda Waxbarashada) (Arabic: وزارة التعليم‎‎) is a ministry responsible for education in Somalia. The current Minister of Education of Somalia is Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi.^[1]

Introduction

Ministry of Education & Culture was the ministry that was responsible for education and culture in Somalia.^[2] The ministry has ten departments. On 17 January 2014, newly appointed Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed split the ministerial portfolio into Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, respectively.^[3]

Duties

Is duty of Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (Somalia) digitize, preserve and make them available and accessible public domain works for every citizen. Somalia has millions of public domain works (books, pictures, music and films) that belongs to the public domain and since there is not restrictions or copyright on them and all these works can be accessed, copied and enjoyed by its citizen in order to accomplish human right of access to science and culture make more egalitarian access to culture in every country no matter the social status of the cirizens.^[4][5]

Organization

• Minister of Education
  • Deputy Minister
    • Secretary-General
    • Under the Authority of Secretary-General
      • Internal Audit Division
      • Corporate Communications Unit
      • Education Performance and Delivery Unit
    • Deputy Secretary-General (Education Development)
      • Education Development Division
      • Procurement and Asset Management Division
      • Policy and International Relations Division
    • Deputy Secretary-General (Management)
      • Finance Division
      • Human Resource Management Division
      • Account Division
    • Director-General of Education
      • Deputy Director-General of Education
        • Educational Planning and Research Division
        • Curriculum Development Division
        • Examination Syndicate
      • Under the Authority of Director-General of Education
        • Banaadir Education Department
        • Lower Shabele Education Department
        • Baay Education Department
        • Bakool Education Department
        • Gedo Education Department
        • Middle Juba Education Department
        • Lower Juba Education Department
        • Middle Shabele Education Department
        • Hiiraan Education Department
        • Galgaduud Education Department
        • Puntland State Education Department
        • Somaliland State Education Department
      • Department of umbrella and private education
      • Department of Public Schools
      • Office of examinations and Certification

See also

• Education in Somalia

External links

• Official Ministry website

References

1. "PM Sharmarke sacks two prominent female ministers". horseedmedia. June 25, 2016.
2. "Somalia: Prime Minister Unveils His New Cabinet". Shabelle Media Network. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
3. "Somali Prime Minister Unveiled His 55-Member Cabinet (Full List)". Retrieved 1 May 2014.
4. http://dl.psnc.pl/2010/07/30/european-libraries-and-google-cooperate-in-digitization/
5. http://www.communia-association.org/2015/12/05/public-domain-on-trial-in-mannheims-reiss-engelhorn-museum-vs-wikimedia-et-al/