Education in Somaliland is provided in public and private schools.

Education in Somaliland is managed by Ministry of Education and Science which controls the development and administration of state schools; it also has an advisory and supervisory role in private schools.

[6] Pre-primary (early childhood), integrated into formal education and private Quranic School systems, runs for up to two to three years.

[7] Primary schooling lasts for eight years and is divided into elementary (lower primary) and intermediate (upper primary) cycles, both lasting four years.

Secondary education and vocational training also run for four years.