Somalia: Education in the Southwest State, December 2020 11 December, 2020 - 21:10
Country: Somalia Source: Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organization
Please refer to the attached Infographic.
OVERVIEW
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Somalia education system was already stretched with the primary school enrollment ratio being among the world’s lowest at 70% (or 3 million children of 4.4 million school-age children are out of school). Additionally, only 17% of children living in rural areas or IDPs settlements are enrolled in primary schools. This dashboard gives an overview of the education situation in Southwest State Somalia where READO is operational. READO is currently supporting over 4,000 school-age children with supplementary school feeding, water trucking to schools, supporting teacher incentives, rehabilitation of learning facilities, distribution of TLMs and child protection services in Southwest State. From the data we noted a big