Education
Since 1997, Badhan has experienced educational revolution, there are Three primary and Elementary schools in Badhan and Three high school and another one is to be opened soon probably by mid 2009 school year. There are also plans for building Technical College which will provide a much-needed training for both the local residents and high school graduates from other cities and towns of Sanaag Region in order to enhance their employability or the skills to generate income for themselves. Maakhir University is now officially open. Exclusively funded by the Minneapolis chapter of Maakhir diaspora, the current University dean, Dr. Abdirahman Hersi, is convinced that the school will proceed with two undergraduate programs: Education and Computer of Information Science. It will then expand into other essential programs like Health, Business and Finance later on.
Horn Relief has its main office in the city and it also runs, among other essential services, a Pastoralist Youth Leadership program for the local pastoralist community around the environs of Badhan City.
As of 2008, there are about 5 linguistic private schools which mostly teach Arabic and English. The most well-known language schools operating in Badhan are Lafoole English School and Tawakal English learning centre.
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