With schools closed, SOMGEP-T worked with existing community and student groups to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis in Somalia. SOMGEP-T used a four-pronged approach: (1) ensuring the continuity of education; (2) strengthening child protection mechanisms; (3) addressing mental health issues emerging as a result of the crisis; and (4) disseminating COVID-19 messaging and providing response supplies to affected communities. The programme also supports accelerated learning classes for 3,712 girls. SOMGEP-T uses evidence from longitudinal research to inform an integrated approach to identifying and addressing barriers to adolescent girls’ education.
Impact / Outcome
Monitoring data shows that 96% of the female students in SOMGEP-T schools were studying remotely, with 78% practising lessons by themselves and 28% learning via phone (including WhatsApp sessions with teachers).4 49% of the students were spending more than two hours a day studying at home during school closures– a remarkably high figure considering that 52% reported that their workload at home, including caring for family members, was a barrier to remote learning.
Funding sources
Private
Key Metrics
Improve learning outcomes and increase transition rates girls and boys in primary and secondary schools in rural and remote areas of Northern-Central Somalia
Year published
01 January 2021 
United Nations