On Puntland certificates, here’s why Somalia’s education minister is wrong
EDITORIAL | Somalia's acting education minister, Abdullahi Godah Barre, has for the fifth time insisted that Puntland students who took part in a separate exam this year do not get their certificates recognized.
Barre's argument is that Puntland, as part of Somalia, should have passed the same exam as other federal states; Hirshabelle, Galmudug, Jubaland, Southwest and the Benadir region.
There is a clear desire for Somalia to have a standardized, comprehensive set of examination systems to be followed by all those…