Somalia - Secondary Education

Few Somalis attended secondary schools. There was limited access to secondary schools because there were very few schools, and they were located in urban centers; most were boarding schools in the south. There were vocational schools for students who wanted to obtain technical skills in the areas of agriculture, mechanics, masonry, or forestry. In 1975, the military government made an effort to increase the number of vocational schools, especially in the rural areas, to cultivate the skilled labor needed for the developing economy. In post-civil war Somalia, there are 11 secondary schools, 3 in Somaliland and 8 in Mogadishu, all operated by private organizations. Because of limited resources, however, only about 10 percent of those who enter primary school graduate from secondary school.