page_title: Education in Somalia
section_title: Primary education
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Somalia / Educational structure / Primary education
caption_attribution_description: English: The Hammar Jab Jab School in Mogadishu, Somalia
context_page_description: Education in Somalia refers to the academic system within Somalia. The Ministry of Education is officially responsible for education in Somalia, with about 15% of the nation's budget allocated to scholastic instruction. The breakaway republic of Somaliland maintain its own advanced Ministry of Education.
context_section_description: Primary education features nine compulsory subjects: Arabic, Islamic studies, Somali, mathematics (including business education), science (health, environmental education, and agriculture), social studies (including history, geography and civics), English, physical education and arts and crafts. Lower and upper primary students are taught for 36 and 42 lesson periods, each lasting 35 and 40 minutes, respectively, per week. The language of instruction is Somali in subjects other than Arabic and Islam; English is taught as a subject from Grades 2 to 8.
caption: The Hammar Jab Jab School in Mogadishu.
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