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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, October 31, 2009 (SL Times) – The non-governmental
organization RDF inaugurated a training program for seventy high school
and university graduates.
The program will go on for three months and at the end of the training
period, RDF will help in finding jobs for those who successfully finish
the program. The training will be given by foreign teachers and is part
of a program called Shaqo-doon (job-search) which connects job-seekers
and employers and is funded by EDC.
The official start of the program was attended by students who will
participate in the training, teachers who will give the training, EDC
officials and representatives from the ministry of education. The
Executive Director of RDF, Mr Jimale Muhumed Farah spoke at this event
and said that the purpose of RDF is to contribute to the development of
the community and to engage in research. “the aim of this program is to
find jobs for the youth so that the long time they spent in acquiring
education would not be wasted,” Jimale Muhumed Farah added.
Mr Jimale Muhumed Farah pointed out that an important part of what they
teach students is how not to lose patience if they do not find a job
quickly. He warned against truancy, urged students to attend classes
regularly at the end of which they will be given certificates, and
promised to keep in touch with students after the program is over.
Other speakers included Muhammad Muse Dhama, Abdiqadir Suleiman Hashi
and Daud Ahmed Farah.
The head of EDC project, Muhammad Muse Dhama said that, initially, they
intended to take 63 students but because of the big demand, they
increased the number of trainees to seventy.
Abdiqadir Suleiman Hashi (a representative of EDC) advised the trainees
to engage in creative thinking and to read more extensively because
reading expands one’s horizons.
The Chairman of Somaliland Examinations, Mr Daud Ahmed Farah said he is
very much concerned about the increasing number of students who are
graduating from Somaliland’s schools and universities and who are being
thrown into the employment market at a time when previous graduates are
still unemployed. “This is the best program I have seen” that deals with
the problem of unemployment, added Daud Ahmed Farah.
He also spoke strongly against illegal emigration (tahriib) by
Somaliland’s youth and said it is caused by lack of patience and the
solution is for the youth to strengthen their religious beliefs.
Daud Ahmed Farah suggested that employment should be based on
performance in exams.
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