School Enrollment and Attendance in Central South Somalia

Abstract

1. Peter Moyi[1][1] 1. 1University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA 1. Peter Moyi, Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, University of South Carolina, 305 Wardlaw College, Columbia SC 29208, USA Email: moyi{at}mailbox.sc.edu A civil war has raged in Somalia for the past 20 years. The civil war fragmented the country into three zones: the Central South region, Somaliland, and Puntland. Puntland and Somaliland are relatively stable; however, Central South Somalia remains unstable. How has the ongoing civil war affected educational access in the Central South region of Somalia? This article examines 3,100 households, presents the extent of the education access in this increasingly unstable region of Somalia, and identifies the major challenges of expanding education access. [1]: #aff-1