Somaliland: President Silanyo Attends Amoud University Graduation Ceremony
Borama, Aug 28, 2013 (SDN) -415 students have graduated from Amoud University in Borama. Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Silanyo who officiated at the ceremony held at the main campus of Amoud University congratulated the graduates from ten of the twelve faculties for successful completion of their various first-degree studies. “I hereby extend my congratulations to the graduating students, their parents and lecturers for a job well done,” said the president
President Silanyo who said that graduating youths are the future backbone of the country revealed that the government would continue to employ the highest number possible from the graduates while enhancing alternate job creation efforts.
Amoud University colleges that graduated the 415 include Medicine, Agriculture, Law, Economics, Administration, Finance etc.
The graduates of this year are the twelve batches that graduate Amoud University since its inception in 1998.
The vice-chancellor of Amoud University Prof. Sulaim Ahmed Guled narrated the different situations that the University went through since its inception in 1998.
What is more, the chief sheikh of Borama city awarded certificate of appreciation to president Silanyo.
Following the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia in the early 1990s, a group of professionals and expatriates from the Awdal region began discussions in 1996 on the possibility of creating an institute of higher learning in the area. This culminated in the establishment of Amoud University (AU) in 1998, one of the country’s first post-conflict tertiary institutions.
The university is registered as a non-governmental, non-profit making institution. It is deeply rooted in the local community, as the primary support for the college’s foundation came from the community elders, leaders, business people, concerned citizens and local non-governmental organizations.
AU originally began with 66 students in two faculties, Education and Business Administration, with 3 staff professors. The university currently has a student population of 2504 enrolled in 9 faculties, including in Medicine and Surgery. It also counts 130 teachers and a large library with up-to-date books. The first batch of medical graduates concluded their studies in June 2007. Their final exams were supervised by the Kings Cross Medical College of London, which provides curriculum and teaching assistance to AU’s medical faculty.
In 2003, Amoud University signed a project agreement with the EC/DANIDA/CfBT for teacher training in the Education department. The two-year Diploma Education Program is funded by EC and DANIDA through UNESCO and CfBT.
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