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Abaarso Tech launches the first dedicated Software Engineering
July 31, 2011 · 17 Comments
In its continued effort to provide practical world-class education
in Somaliland, Abaarso Tech University is pleased to announce the
launch of the first dedicated undergraduate Software Engineering
program in Somaliland.
Held in Hargeisa, this pioneer program will concentrate on
software development as opposed to providing a general IT education.
With the intense focus, students will learn several programming
languages while they develop their own software projects.
Concurrently, a software firm will be established allowing students to
get practical hands-on experience in the field and build up their
portfolios.
The successful training of software engineers will allow local
businesses and the Somaliland government to automate processes and
increase workflow effectiveness. As of now, both sectors rely heavily
on manual processes and use software developed abroad. In addition to
the local opportunity, software development has great potential as an
outsourced service that Somaliland could send abroad.
The program will concentrate on practical training in a modern
computer lab, augmented by intensive English courses taught
exclusively by native speakers, and rigorous math training. Lead
instructors will have work experience from world-class IT companies
such as Google and Sun Microsystems.
The program is set to start in the middle of September and will
last 3-4 years depending on the initial level of each student and the
student’s performance. The competitive entrance examination for both
the Software Engineering program and ATU’s high quality School of
Finance will be held at Sheikh Bashir School on the 30th of July at 9
AM. The test will consist of English, Math and logical thinking.
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Thanks,
Sophia
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Sophia Guida
Communications Director
Abaarso Tech
sguida2010@gmail.com
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Well done Abaarso Tech with this great accomplishment. It is an important step in the right direction. It seems that you want to continue to lead the progress, the nation is striving hard to accomplish.
I just remembered that there was a excellent computer word book written by a Somalilander that will provide all the necessary technical words which will come in handy in program design. I hope designers will look in to this and take advantage of it. Good luch every one involved in this. I pray for your success.
cuz we don't need English or any other foreign language to dilute our language with borrowed words. It is time we preserve our mother tongue
Our mother tongue is not well developed like Arabic and English Mr abdi. As a result it lacks the necessary vocabulary and is not technical enough to be used for academic learning.
That is total PS…Abraham and everyone knows that is far from the truth. Only because you don't know it well. It doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Somali is an ancient language, older than the two languages you mentioned. linguist and existance of rich vocabulary attests to this. it has rich vocabulary and is very adaptive language. Just because we choose to dilute our language out of ignorance for our native tongue with languages we import from the diaspora, doesn't negate this fact. This should not be an excuse to neglect your language. Everyone perserves their language and we should. I don't think you would have made that comment with all sincerity if you have been educated or are knowledgeable in your own native tongue. This claim is often thrown by those who are ignorant about their native tongue who are born or grow up outside their country particularly those in Arab nations. In the 70's when the Latin alphabet was adapted Somali language responded emensely well to the scientic, technical and legal challenges mainly because being ancient language that had lots of time to develop under various conditions i.e. first under agriculture, then as environment deteriorated agropastrolism, then under pastrolism and nomatic and seminomatic lifesytle.
Just to mention for your convenience, Somali language has rich legal vocabulary and complex procedural systems that addresses every aspect of legal systems thanks to its ancient and well developed Xeer System, with its well developed civil and criminal laws. It is way ahead than either or arabic in that regard. Because of its past experience in agricultural, agropastrolism and pastrolism, Somali tongue developed hundreds of 1000's of words that enrich and continue to enrich in the area of parasitology, wildlife, plantology. and bontany, where as English would borrow lone words from Latin and Greek, words that when literaly translated don't make sense in those languages, but sounds sexy in English.
That's fantastic news! I am proud of Abaarso Tech and I wish to congratulate everyone involved. Somaliland needs IT, Engineers, Doctors, Economists and Scientists more than anything else.
I can see in the future Abaarso Tech will be the best institution in the Horn.
Thank you Jonathan and Dr Ahmed.
I am very excited about this opportunity for Somaliland youths, Somaliland needs technology and needs to be industrialized. They need to give up the way of the nomads and understand due to climate change and other natural disasters, we can't continue the old way.
I totally agree with you Kayse. We need to teach our people that there is going to be a serious climate change in the Horn of Africa and many other places in the World and that our rainy seasons will be ( God forbid) unreliable. Hence, there needs to be a fundamental shift from pastoralist towards sustainable farming. More technology is needed to be employed towards water collection, preservation, and management. Soil erosion should be mitigated and slowed down. And most importantly charcoal production should be outlawed and instead Liquefied Petroleum Gas should be imported from the Gulf states. SomGas already does this. Also there should be more use of solar power both in the towns and in the countryside. The our governmets both local and national should take the lead. See: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/help-use-sol…
Why do I have the feeling that 'Abraham' is actually Jonathan Starr?
No walaal I am not Jonathan Starr. He is a great man and unlike myself he is very busy helping our people.
The British learnt the majority of science in Latin and other languages such as French. As a result, now English is full of Anglosised latin and other foreign languages. There is no reason why they cannot Somalisise English technical words as they have done with words like "kabadh"/cupboard and "flaas"/flask.
The only winner is the people, so there is no point in sticking to the past.
@abdi
Walaal I admire your enthusiasm to protect our mother tongue from dilution and neglect, however, you cannot ignore the fact that the Somali language is not suitable for a modern academic education. The reason being that although we had developed names and words to describe our local environment and culture such as plants, animals, xeer, fights, parasites, etc we have absolutely no idea what to call things that are beyond our experience or horizons. Just try to open any Somali-English dictionary and you will soon find out that it is full of crab. For instance, tell me the words to distinguish between a Meteorite and an Asteroid, a Budgerigar and a Parakeet, a Thresher shark and a Goblin shark, Perennial Ryegrass and Fine Fescues, a rose and a lotus, and the list goes on.
The truth is we do not have terms for probably more than 90% of things on Earth. Developed languages such as Arabic, French, Spanish, German, and especially English have millions of words because of greater populations of native speakers more geographically spread through conquest or settlement, and more extensive civilisations enriched with learning and discovery, non of which Somali is blessed with. The English language in particular has taken over the World whether it is in finance, science and technology, literature, or entertainment because of the global hegemony of the Anglophone people and their domination of discovery and invention in every field imaginable from pornography to palaeontology, and from abstract art to quantum electrodynamics. You cannot serious begin to compare our humble language with the lingua franca of the World.
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The truth is we do not have terms for probably more than 90% of things on Earth. Developed languages such as Arabic, French, Spanish, German, and especially English have millions of words because of greater populations of native speakers more geographically spread through conquest or settlement, and more extensive civilisations enriched with learning and discovery, non of which Somali is blessed with. The English language in particular has taken over the World whether it is in finance, science and technology, literature, or entertainment because of the global hegemony of the Anglophone people and their domination of discovery and invention in every field imaginable from pornography to palaeontology, and from abstract art to quantum electrodynamics. You cannot serious begin to compare our humble language with the lingua franca of the World.
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The truth is we do not have terms for probably more than 90% of things on Earth. Developed languages such as Arabic, French, Spanish, German, and especially English have millions of words because of greater populations of native speakers more geographically spread through conquest or settlement, and more extensive civilisations enriched with learning and discovery, non of which Somali is blessed with. The English language in particular has taken over the World whether it is in finance, science and technology, literature, or entertainment because of the global hegemony of the Anglophone people and their domination of discovery and invention in every field imaginable from oceanography to palaeontology, and from abstract art to quantum electrodynamics. You cannot serious begin to compare our humble language with the lingua franca of the World.
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As a test you could also check how much Somali exists in wikipedia which is a free plateform to contribute to and edit.