The Somali language todaySomali leaders have been faced with the challenge of harmonizing education systems, school curricula and the language of instruction. It was necessary to develop an official script for the Somali language, which was still only a spoken language at the time of independence. At the time, the military was in power and was led by Saïd Barre. Its main goal was to reduce, if not completely eradicate, clan conflicts and ignorance through mass education of the population. Therefore, the development of a written Somali language is very important to achieve these goals. In 1972, the modified Roman alphabet was accepted by a military decree which made Somali the official language of business and education of the country. Somali teachers were given up to three months to learn and master the language. At the same time, textbooks and curricula were developed and adapted to reflect the new values ​​of Somali society, and a mass literacy campaign was launched to teach every Somali to read and write. This campaign had many positive effects in Somalia and on the school system since, for the first time in its history, all students, regardless of their geographical location in the country, received teaching in the same language and using the same manuals. However, this progress made by education in Somalia had to stop when the civil war broke out and lasted from 1991 to 1998. With educational institutions being one of the many casualties of the war, it eradicated all progress made in the field of education. sector. Ten years after the start of the civil war; Somalia has had great difficulty rebuilding its nation and its education system. Following the war, the country was divided into three parts. In 19...... middle of paper...... effective primary and secondary sources. However, one of the main drawbacks of this project was the very limited number of reliable and unbiased secondary sources on the topic of Somalia, as many changes and events had occurred quite quickly. For this reason, I found it very difficult to decide and make my own judgment on whether or not the sources were reliable for me to use in my essay. -14094632 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2012/feb/23/somalia-history-events-in-pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_lingual http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_lingual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutinative_lingual Putnam & Noor (1999). The Somalis: their history and culture http://www.alsintl.com/resources/linguals/Somali/ http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=202&menu=004