60 years old Ahmadey Saney has become talk of the day in the social media in Somalia and across the globe for attending final Somalia secondary school exams.
His photos with other students in exam room in Balcad exam centre went viral on twitter and facebook with congratulatory messages encouraging him.
Saney is among more than 45000 students sitting for Somali secondary schools examination organized by the ministry of education for the second year in arrow.
60 years old student sitting for his final secondary school exams in Somalia becomes social media icon. Hambalyo Adeer
— Mohammed Kahiye (@MKahiye) May 30, 2016
SOMALIA: 45,000 students are sitting high school leaving and middle school exams incl this old student (60 yrs) pic.twitter.com/U8wYS1l4Hj
— Hussein Mohamed (@HussienM12) May 30, 2016
PICTURE OF THE YEAR! 60 year old sitting for high school exam in #Somalia. He missed it 30 years ago. #Hope pic.twitter.com/62Ho9JxS7s
— Abdi Aynte (@Aynte) May 30, 2016
Initiative by the federal education ministry is aimed at centralizing national school examinations which has been decentralized by the civil war for the past two decades.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud government has encouraged education through its “go to school” project that enrolled thousands into schools mainly in the major cities like Mogadishu.
