Mogadishu, 31 August 2022: The Somali National University (SNU) last night held a farewell dinner and send-off gathering for 29 students who are travelling abroad on scholarships to Italy, Türkiye, the Netherlands, Japan and India. The occasion was attended by the Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hon. Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir (Faarax Sheekh Cabdulqaadir); the Rector of SNU, Dr. Hassan Omar Mahadalla (Dr. Xasan Cumar Mahadalla); the Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs, Prof. Aden Guled Shabeel (Prof. Aadan Guuleed Shabeel); a number of deans, administrative directors, lecturers and other distinguished guests.

The Rector of the University, Dr. Hassan Omar Mahadalla, said that these students had achieved the highest marks in the University's examinations and in the competitions they had entered, and had been recruited as teaching assistants. They are now leaving to pursue postgraduate studies in order to specialise and then return to the University. He urged them to make the most of the precious opportunity they had been given.

Minister Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir, who closed the event, said he was delighted with the great efforts SNU had made in the short time since its revival. “What I appreciate most is that it gives the students who graduated from it the opportunity to work for it, to go and study and then to return. The countries you are going to have been told that you are the best in Somalia. If you, the very best, are seen behaving badly when you get there, they will say, ‘If this is what the best are like, what must the others be like?’ God forbid. You are required to work hard and to come back with what is expected of you, and better,” said the Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hon. Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir.

These twenty-nine students, who will shortly depart on SNU scholarships, will be the third cohort the University has sent abroad for higher studies since it was reopened in 2014.

Muqdisho, Aug 31, 2022: Jaamacadda Ummadda ayaa xalay kulan casho sagootin iyo dardaaran ah u samaysay 29 arday oo deeq waxbarasho u aadaya wadamada Talyaaniga, Türkiye, netherlands Japan iyo India. Munaasabada waxaa ka qaybgalay Wasiirka Wasaaradda Waxbarashada, Hiddaha Iyo Tacliinta Sare ee XFS mudane, Faarax Sheekh Cabdulqaadir,  Raktarka Jaamacadda Ummadda Soomaaliyeed (JUS) Dr. Xasan Cumar Mahadalla, Raktar xigeenka Arrimaha Waxbarashada Prof. Aadan Guuleed Shabeel, qaar ka mid ah Hormuudyada, Asgaasimayaasha maamulka, macalimiin iyo martisharaf kale.

Dr. Xasan Cumar Mahadalla Raktarka Jaamacadda, ayaa sheegay in ardaydaan ay ahaayeen kuwa ugu dhibcaha badnaa imtixnaanada Jamacadana iyo tartanadii ay galeen, waxaa loo qaatay Bare kaaliyayaal, hadana waxay u baxayaan in ay soo diyaarin heerka labaad ee  waxbarashada si ay takhasus u soo sameeyaan ka dibna Jaamacadda dib ugu soo laabtaan, wuxuuna kula dardaarmay in ay ka faa`iidaystaan fursada qaaliga oo ay heleen.

Wasiir Faarax Sheekh Cabdulqaadir oo soo xray munaasabada ayaa sheegay in uu aad ugu faraxsan yahay dadaalka wayn ay JUS samaysay muddy gaaban ee dib usoo noqoshada ka dib, “waxa ugu wayn ee aan aad u qadariyana waa in ardaydı iyadda ka soo baxday ay fursad u siiso in ay iyadda ka shaqeeyaan, ay wax soo bartaan ay u soo laabtaan, wadamada aad aadaysaan waxa loo sheegay in aad tihiin kuwa ugu fiican Soomaaliya, hadii idinkii ugu fiicnaa markaa tagtaan wax aan wanagsanayn la idinku arko, waxay dhihi doonaan meesha kuwii ugu fiicnaa ay sedan yehiin kuwooda kale Alle namatuso, waxaa la idinkaga bahan yahay in aad dadaashaan oo aad waxa la dinka filayo iyo wax ka wanaagsan la soo laabataan” ayuus yiri Wasiirka Wasaaradda Waxbarashada, Hiddaha Iyo Tacliinta Sare ee XFS mudane, Faarax Sheekh Cabdulqaadir.

Sagaal iyo labaatan kaan arday ee dhawaan u bixi doona deeqaha waxbarasho JUS ayaa noqonaya dufcadii saddexaad ee Jaamacaddu u dirto waxbarasho sare oo dibada ah, tan iyo markii dib loo howlgelinta Jaamacadda ka dib 2014 ka.