Hargeisa (SL Times): Sweden’s Goteborg Initiative, the Norwegian Refugee Council and the Danish Refugee Council are going to assist in provision of training for Somaliland teachers.
According to a team of Swedes and Norwegians who arrived in Hargeisa earlier this week, the program has been initiated following a seminar held in Sweden last summer.
About 70 Diaspora Somalis were reported to have taken part in the seminar. The objective of the seminar was to encourage Somalis in the diaspora to take part in the rebuilding of Somaliland and Somalia.
The project foresees bringing about 12 Somalis from the Scandinavian countries back to their country and get them trained in teaching skills, with an equal number of Somalis already working as teachers here.
Funding for the project is not yet ready but signals from the donors have been encouraging so far.
About 300 teachers are envisaged to benefit from this training, which will emphasize participatory methods for teaching and raising awareness on such issues as AIDS and children with psychosocial problems.
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