There are 167 pupils enrolled in four colleges and 430 in a short-term training program designed to upgrade the skills of the primary teachers in the region.

The college carries out business research, provides technical support to the business community, and organizes business seminars and conferences and exhibitions There are no proper institutions of higher education for training and accreditation for pre-primary Qur'anic school teachers, nor for Islamic teachers in primary and secondary schools, nor for the imams who provide spiritual guidance to congregations in Mosques, nor for the judges who sit on Islamic Courts, which is part of the judicial system.

The Board of trustees consists of 15 prominent members of the community, including businessmen, professionals, ex-officials and serving officials.

The Board nominates, in turn, an executive committee, which consists of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a treasurer and a secretary.

The executive committee is represented by: The Board appoints a president who is responsible for the day-to-day running of the university and for carrying out decisions.

Working with the president is the University Council, who is responsible for academic matters in relation to teaching, research and discipline.

The university has fundraising and technical support groups in most of the countries in the Middle East, Europe, Canada and USA.

According to the statistics of the Somaliland Ministry of Education, there were 31 public and private primary schools in Burao, in which 11,627 students were enrolled in the scholastic year 2003/4.