dr.ali mohamed ali iye scholarship inquiry
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Scholarship inquiry
Proposing scholarships for Puntland Students at IGAD Shiekh veterinary College
Dear Abdulahi Nur Salad & Abshir Y ,
Hope all is well in Garowe,
I am Ali Mohamed Ali Iye, ISTVS (IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School) tutor and
Research Assistant. I would like to share with you that this regional institution
advertised a new course in Dry land Management Economics; it is a four years
Bachelors degree in Agriculture and dry land science in which graduates will obtain
practical work to promote agricultural productivity and living standards in the dry
lands with adequate knowledge and skills to contribute to increased food security and
the resilience of communities living in arid and semi-arid lands. In reference to that
opportunity the school has received number of applicants from Puntland, but it was
unfortunate that most of those students couldnt able to attend the school; others
attend but went back to their homes because of the school fees (1015 USD per
semester).
It is apparent that the cost of the program is not easy for everybody. Few students
around receive help from international organizations like FAO after being backed by the
local administrations in the areas they came from (Somaliland /Central Government in
Mogadishu).
As puntlanders in the school (tutors and assistant tutors) we have discussed this matter
and what we raise was:
1. 1. Ministry of livestock with collaboration to Ministry of Education has to find a way
to help those students.
2. 2. Propose scholarship funds for those students by talking to Organizations like FAO
,DAI and others
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3. 3.Find every means to help six students from Puntland to study this program. All
these students receive admissions from the institution.
4. Our idea is to just cover the tuition fees plus the study materials and field studies
only. Accommodation and meals is not a big deal, hope students can organize
themselves and will pay the cost of their living.The cost of the program per student is
included in the attached document as well as certification letter justifying the admission
offer of the students at college
I hope you will back this, it is an urgent matter. We all have to work hard and take best
out of this opportunity.
Hope you will share this with Minister and the deputy Minster.
We keep in touch
Dr.Ali Mohamed Ali Iye
Cc: Dr. Abdulkadir Khalif
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Introduction and Background information
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region stretches over an area of 5.2million km
2and a population of over 170 million comprising the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda. Despite the Region holding about
26% of sub-Saharan population, it is prone to recurrent hazards such as droughts and floods
making it one of the most vulnerable regions on the African continent to climate variability and
change. Population growth in this setting is expected to remain high over the next ten years withurban populations growing faster than rural populations. However, despite increasing
urbanization, by 2020 over two thirds of the population is still expected to live in rural areas thatare dominated by arid and semi-arid areas/drylands.
Currently, large proportions of rural populations in the IGAD countries live in poverty. Rural
poverty rates range from 42 percent in Uganda to 86.5 percent in Djibouti, against national
poverty levels that vary from 38 percent in Uganda to 53 percent in Eritrea. The high poverty
levels in the arid and semiarid areas are partly caused by agricultural production systems that arecharacterized by low in- and output, and hence, low levels of production. Furthermore,
production is heavily influenced by climatic variability and severe land degradation that requires
urgent interventions to redress this constraint.
Despite the low productivity levels within the agricultural sectors of the IGAD countries, itremains the core sector of the member countries economies and societies. It contributes a major
share to GDP and employs about three quarters of the population. Consequently, performance of
the agricultural sector is the main determinant of year-to-year changes in poverty levels and foodsecurity. Within the agricultural sector a large contribution, on average 57 percent, comes from
livestock, implying that the livestock sector requires special attention. Livestocks contribution
to overall GDP ranges between 10 to 20 percent.
IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School and Reference Centre (ISTVS) is a regional
institution located in Sheikh, in the Sahil highlands (Somaliland). Its mission is to build droughtsustainable resilient pastoral and agro-pastoral communities through training and research and
skills development.Building on its widely popular Makerere University accredited Higher Diplomas in Livestock
Sciences; ISTVS is launches a Degree Programme in Dryland Economics and Agro-ecosystemManagement (DEAM) in September 2013 accredited by University of Nairobi. The Degree
programme is run at ISTVS with 2 years of common basic sciences and a further 2 years of
optional disciplines in Dryland agriculture economics, Extension and communication and Landand Water resource Management.
This new degree Program was designed to produce manpower that is expected to contribute
towards redressing these unique constraints limiting the productivity and ecosystem management
within the IGAD drylands. It is conceived taking cognizance of the diverse educational
backgrounds of the students emanating from the IGAD region in which Somalia/Puntland isMember of.
The objective of the programme
To produce graduates trained in the discipline of economics and ecosystems management with a
good blending of practical work to promote agricultural productivity and living standards in thedrylands with adequate knowledge and skills to contribute to increased food security and the
resilience of communities living in arid and semi-arid lands by strengthening their ability to cope
with environmental and socio-economic change.
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Fees of the Course
The program is four years, the cost of four years Bachelors degree in Dry land Economics andagro ecosystem Management (DEAM) including study materials and field trips is shown below:
USD 1015 per semester (USD 2130/ year)including tuition, study materials, field trips USD 50 - to register with University of Nairobi, with UoN identity card and registration
letter
USD 200 per month to cover ISTVS accommodation and meals, this is an optional as thestudents can make their own accommodation within sheikh town.
Peoples respond to the new Course
The new course receives welcome from all IGAD people especially fresh high school graduates
from IGAD people. However, many students those previously attend the school and has been
called to attend after they have been examined to qualify this course based on their applications
and their secondary school leaving examination results. Many students go back home others
dont attend after they have been called because they find themselves they cant avoid to pay the
course fees.
Scholarship Beneficiaries and the Total Cost.
It is for above reason why this request was written to inquiry scholarship for six students from
Puntland those previously attend the school but unfortunately go back home after complaining
about fees.
Table 1.1 the cost of the program for six students.
N.B
It is important to remind you that number of students from other regions probably get supportfrom international organizations to study at school.
Student Name No of semesters Cost persemester
Total in fouryears
1. Ayub Abdi Dahir 8 1015 81202. Bashir Muse Omer Shucayb 8 1015 81203. Abdulahi Bashir Abdinur 8 1015 81204. Abdisalan Farah Mohamed 8 1015 81205. Halima Adam Mohamoud 8 1015 81206. Yacqub Mohamed Ali said 8 1015 8120
Total 16 6090 48720
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Certification