STORY: Unified national examinations for

secondary schools comes to a close in

Somalia
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DATELINE: 22/MAY/2017, BELETWEYNE, BAIDOA, KISMAYO -
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SHOT LIST:

BELETWEYNE.
1. Wide shot, the school complex where the candidates sat
for their examinations
2. Wide shot, candidates prepare ahead of the
examinations
3. Med shot, candidates prepare ahead of the
examinations
4. Close up, candidates prepare ahead of the examinations
5. Wide shot, a school official addresses the class before
they sat for their examinations
6. Med shot, a school official addresses the class before
they sat for their examinations
7. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ABDULLAHI HASSAN
BARKADLE, PRINCIPAL, MUJAMAA SECONDARY SCHOOL.
I am happy that the unified examinations of the academic year
2016 -2017 administered by the ministry of education have
proceeded well. In Mujamaa secondary school, the number of
students sit for the examination is 524. I wish them success.

8. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

9. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
10. Close up, candidates sit for their examinations
11. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) AHMED ABDI ALI,
HIRSHABELLE ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR EDUCATION.
To uphold the integrity of the examination we made some
arrangements, so the last two days the exams happened as we
planned. The subjects examined are ten including, chemistry,
Biology, Physics, Mathematics, English, Somali, History and
Geography. Initially private education umbrellas used to conduct
the examinations. As Hirshabelle state, the ministry of education
has hired invigilators in every center. The invigilators have strict
 instructions;no student is allowed to enter the examination hall
with a mobile phone and other prohibited materials

12. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

13. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
14. Close up, a candidate sits for her examinations
15. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations
16. Close up, a student sits for her examinations
17. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) FARHAN ABDULLE ADOW,
CANDIDATE, MUJAMAA SECONDARY SCHOOL.
I am one of the students graduating from Mujamaa secondary
school this academic year. Iam very happy. I thought that the
national exams conducted by the federal government would be
difficult, but I am happy with the way things have gone

18. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

19. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
20. Close up, a candidate sits for his examinations

BAIDOA.
21. Wide shot, the school complex where the candidates sat
for their examinations
22. Med shot, the school complex where the candidates sat
for their examinations
23. Close up, the school complex where the candidates sat
for their examinations
24. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations
25. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
26. Close up, a candidate sits for his examinations
27. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) SADAT ALI IBRAHIM,
EDUCATION MINISTER, SOUTHWEST STATE.
We are in charge of the education of South state; the overall
number of the students sitting for the national examinations
during this academic year 2016-2017 in South West state is
1117.

28. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

29. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
30. Close up, a candidate sits for his examinations
31. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) IBRAHIM ALI AHMED,
PRINCIPAL OF THE MODEL SCHOOL.
These examinations have passed some stages [since it was
started]; I think this is the third year. The examinations were well
organized this year by the education ministry of federal
government in-conjunction with the South West education
ministry. I can say they are the best out of the other years. We
are hoping for good results.

32. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

 33. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
34. Close up, a candidats sits for her examinations
35. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations
36. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
37. Close up, a candidate sits for her examinations
38. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

KISMAAYO.
39. Wide shot, the school complex where the candidates sat
for their examinations
40. Med shot, the school complex where the candidates sat
for their examinations
41. Close up, candidates prepare ahead of the examinations
42. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations
43. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
44. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ABDIJABAR SIRAJ,
CANDIDATE.
Indeed, speaking on behalf of form four students we are very
excited. We are excited. This is the climax for any student who
has been through primary and secondary education for the last
twelve years, and is now completing that phase of education. All
of us expect to join our universities of choice.

45. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

46. Med shot, candidates sit for their examinations
47. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ALI DIYAAD HIREEY,
INVIGILATOR.
Based on the efforts made by both the ministry of education and
qualified teachers posted to our schools throughout the academic
year, we expect favorable results.

48. Wide shot, candidates sit for their examinations

49. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ABDIRAHMAN DAHIR,
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, CULTURE AND HIGHER
EDUCATION.
"It is a great honor for us to hold the high school national
examinations for the third year running. The first year 3,500
students sat for the examinations; the number of students
examined grew to 12,500 in the second year and to 23,000 this
year; from four regional administrations namely Galmudug,
Hirshabelle, South West State, Jubbaland state and Banadir
regions."

STORY

Unified national examinations for secondary schools comes

to a close in Somalia
Mogadishu, 25 May 2017 At least twenty-three thousand
students from 77 schools across Somalia sat for the unified national
examinations for secondary schools, which ended yesterday. The
number is double the students examined last year, according to the
federal Minister for Education, Culture and Higher Education Mr.
Abdirahman Dahir.

The number of students examined in the unified national

examinations has grown steadily in the last three years, from 3,500
students in 2015 to 23,000 this year.

The examinations, held for the third consecutive year, in Banadir,

Jubaland, Southwest, Galmudug and Hirshabelle regions, are
presided over by the federal ministry of education.

In Bakool, Bay and Lower Shabelle regions, 1117 students sat the
examinations in different centers. Generally, the examinations are
going on well, Education Minister in the Interim South West
Administration, Mr. Sadat Ali Ibrahim stated, during the course of the
examinations.
The examinations were well organized this year. I can say they are
the best out of the other years. We are hoping for good results, said
Ibrahim Ali Ahmed, the principal of Model School in Baidoa, the
administrative capital of the South West state.

In Beletweyne, Hiiraan region, sixteen schools participated in the

exercise, that saw 1354 students examined.
The Ministry of Education organized invigilators in every center to
oversee the examinations, explained Mr. Ahmed Abdi Ali, the
Hirshabelle Assistant Minister of Education.

Ten subjects including Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics,

English, Somali, History and Geography were examined, in an
exercise held under tight security to deter cheating, and also to
guard against disruption by insurgents.

No student is allowed to enter the examination hall with a mobile

phone and other prohibited materials, said the education assistant
minister.
The consequences for cheating were dire, and no student was
willing to be caught on the wrong side of the law.
Any student found cheating will have his or her papers cancelled,
the minister emphasized.

Farhan Abdulle Adow, 18, a candidate from Mujamaa secondary

school in Beletweyne district said he was hopeful of getting good
results. I thought that the national exams conducted by the federal
government would be difficult, but I am happy with the way things
have gone, he said.
In Kismayo, the administrative capital of Jubbaland state, there was
heavy security presence at the examination centers. Many of the
candidates sitting the exams were optimistic of joining institutions of
higher learning.

We are excited. This is the climax for any student who has been
through primary and secondary education for the last twelve years,
and is now completing that phase of education. All of us expect to
join our universities of choice, said 19-year old Abdijabar Siraj.

An examination invigilator Mr. Ali Dayaad Hireey, commended the

manner in which the education ministry handled the exercise.
Based on the efforts made by both the ministry of education and
qualified teachers posted to our schools throughout the academic
year, we expect favorable results Mr. Ali Diyaad remarked.

Somalias Prime Minister H.E Hasan Ali Khayre, presided over the
launch of the centralized national examinations on Saturday May
20th. The successful conclusion of the examinations, demonstrates
the return to relative peace and stability in many parts of Somalia,
despite continued threats by insurgents.
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), supports efforts to
provide learning opportunities to the youth and is working with
Somalia security forces to ensure uninterrupted education.
The federal government of Somalia has made tremendous progress
in reforming the education system, which came to a halt, with the
collapse of central government in 1991.

END