Government Support and Access to Education among Pastoralist in Selected Districts in Puntland, Somalia
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2014-11
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Kampala International University, masters in Educational Management and Administration
Abstract
The study set out to investigate the role of government support on access to education amongst
the pastoralist communities of Punt land, Somalia. The objectives is guided by the following find
out the extent of the government support, to assess the level of access to education and to
establish the relationship between the level of government support and access to education
amongst pastoral communities and to establish if there is a difference in the extent of
government support and level of access to education. The study employed descriptive
correlational study design which involved both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The
researcher used a structured questionnaire and interview to gather data from 214 Responses.
Means, standard deviation, Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient and regression were used to
analyze the data at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that the levels of government
support were too low (Mean=2.29). The researcher found out that though some strides have been
made in provision of finances to such programs, still there are a couple of challenges which
hamper full implementation of the educational prospects. Levels of Access to education was also
confirmed to be too low (Mean=2.38). It was also established that there is indeed a positive
relationship between government support and access to education which is positive and strong
measuring at 0.729 on the Pearson Correlation Scale. The researcher recommended that; The
curriculum and school year programme should be updated to meet the pastoral needs.
Conducting school mapping and new schools to he built in pastoral areas. Public subsidies
should be provided to private schools to facilitate access to education. There should be
significant improvement on the parents’ attitudes, educational finance, curriculum, distribution
of institutions and number of nomadic educational centers. There should be more access to
nomadic schools and centers. Establishing appropriate and viable schools in the education of
pastoralist and ago-agriculturalist, takes the largest part of the overall successful of the
educational operation
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A Thesis submitted to the College of Higher Degrees and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Masters of Education Management and Administration of Kampala International University
Keywords
Government Support and Access to Education, Pastoralist, Somalia