Institutional Partnership and Curriculum Development 

Since the collapse of the Somali Education System in 1991, close to two dozen colleges and universities have started up to re-establish the higher education system in Somalia. Amud and Mogadishu universities were the first two tertiary institutions to function after the civil war. 

Baardheere Polytechnic College and the University of Gedo serve Gedo Region, one of the most populated regions in Somalia. Designing curriculum from scratch needs institutional partnership and firm commitments from teachers' groups, authorities and schools.

In Gedo, only primary schools operating in Balad Hawo Disctrict, seem to have somewhat organized curriculum. This was inherited from early educational operations such as the  early 1990s school systems in Lugh and Balad Hawo, where Arabic Curriculum from Middleast was implemented on individual schools. Knowledgeable staff from those years and curriculum material  disappeared from the scene as Gedo conflict worsened from 1995-2004.  Mandera schools on the Kenya side and Balad Hawo schools are in constant contact and this helps the matter to a certain degree. 

Bardera Polytechnic College operates from top-down strategy, where, programs and specific courses are designed to help different sectors of society and the economic sources for which various groups and individuals depend on. In essence, the strategy is to create strong tertiary eduction and then faculty and students from the establshed institution in turn support primary to secondary education centers. Farming, livestock herding, construction, family run stores and other small operation businesses are what earners income for the most of population in the region. Thus, all efforts ought to support developing community livelihoods. 

Baardheere Polytechnic College, University of Gedo as well as schools run by NGOs such as HIRDA and Markabley Foundation are working towards workable curriculum in Gedo region and the larger Jubba Valley Region. 

During 2007-2008 school year, funding agencies and school systems in Gedo region have been following their own individual curriculum systems where standards and cohesion are not given due importance. Bardera Polytechnic is working to change that and correct the current curriculum systems in the Jubba Valley Regions.   

In the past, The Curiculum Office from the Ministry of Education, headquarted in Mogadishu, managed curriculum development and policies for all 18 regions of Somalia. Tertiary education affairs was the responsibilty of the Ministry of Heritage and Higher Education.

Bardera Polytechnic leadership, staff, volunteers and community members are planning to establish two shared school boards, one governing upto secondary level education and with its all relevant issues and another for tertiary education. Sound curriculum iis what is being formulated currently. School boards will be designing and implementing curriculum and general policies for all the districts in Gedo region.

Other institutions and organizations taking part in this effort include Univerisy of Gedo, HIRDA, Markabley Educational Foundation and others.