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Bardera Polytechnic College also known as BPC, is located in Baardheere, Gedo, Somalia. Baardheere Polytechnic College is another institution which receives various support from Somali Education and Health Organization (SEHO) including funding and capacity building services. Bardera Polytechnic College is an added advantage for the residents of Bardera District and Gedo region as a whole.
SEHO encourages collaborations and cross-training between supported institutions. As part of engaging community service centers, Bardera Maternity Hospital recieves continuous training and seminars from Bardera Polytechnic's health programs. Staff from both locations of Bardera Maternity, participate sessions designed to enhance the skills of the medical staff at Bardera Maternity Hospital and the hospital's services in general.
The director of Bardera Maternity Hospital (Somalia: Isbitaalka Ummulaha iyo Caruurta Baardheere) and her staff, attend monthly training meetings, and the staff contributes ideas to courses currently taken by students from different health programs at Bardera Polytechnic College. Nursing and pharmacy courses are the first two health programs at BPC.
Background
Bardera Polytechnic, as the only college in the area with structured two to three years study programs, satisfies both of SEHO's health and education goals for the communities it funds. The college has direct and hands-on training relations with Bardera Maternity Hospital. The college system also trains new health workers for positions currently available in Gedo and surrounding regions' health centers. The school is locally known as Kulyada Farsamada Baardheere.
The long term goal for this effort is to be ready for any future demand for people with skills and educational backgrounds in the health and education sectors of Jubba Valley Regions and other southern Somalia regions.
The college trains more health care workers including nurses, midwives, junior pharmacists, veterinary technicians, laboratory technicians and graduates with other skills including management and public services skills; skills which are needed to develop the economic sectors of the region.
SEHO funds programs which are designed to enhance living and service standards of involved communities. Since Bardera is an agricultural region, the college system has also established agricultural sciences department in collaboration with farming associations.
Further Readings:
Bardera Polytechnic as Regional Training Centre Curriculum Development for Schools in Gedo and Larger Jubba Valley Region Scholarships and Tuition Fees At Bardera Polytechnic
Contacts: Abdirahman Abdi Sheikh, Dean of Bardera Polytechnic College Telephone +252 513 5071 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
REGISTRATION La xariir: Cabdiraxmaan Cabdi Sheekh, Hormuudka Kulyada Farsamada Baardheere, Tel +252 513 5071 Abikhayr Ahmed Shirwa , Assistant, Registrar's Office Telephone +252 513 3071
Images from Baardheere Polytechnic College 2008-2009 school year
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