The secret behind South Korea's economic success. From civil war to 1st world country in 50 years.

[Crow]

I watched this video about South Korea's economic success that someone here linked. They were like us after 1950. The country was coming out of a brutal war and everything was rubble. They were the poorest country in the world.

South Korea is the only country in the world to go from being an aid recipient to being an aid provider. It's a very inspiring video and I think Somalia can take lessons from it.

The first stage of their economic reformation was education. They made sure every boy and girl went to school even though the country was starving. This built up a skilled workforce that could develop the country.

That's where we are at right now. We must get free education in Somalia.

Another successful country, Botswana, did the same thing after independence. They bet everything on education and are now the wealthiest country in Africa.

Right now we have unqualified teachers and some families picking only the oldest boys to send to school because that's all they can afford in some regions and even worse in others.

We have to focus on education or the best we can hope for is to become a retarded country stuck in the middle income bracket like Brazil.

@Deactivated Share your wisdom sxb.

 

[jamal9]

erase qabil first

 

[.279]

erase qabil first

An impossible task

 

[jamal9]

An impossible task

then Somalia shall stay a poor chaotic country till the end of times.

 

[Fang4]

Since Somalia has best telecommunications in Africa they can use it to open cheap online universities.

 

[Basra]

Who is more educated than Nigerians? Kenyans? Ghanas? But yet they are behind like the rest of Africa. I think it comes to just the brain of the individual citizens. How u r biologically made up determines your successes.

 

[esmailxxx]

We need to be nationalists and not qabilist,we need to feel the hunger for success as a unite,somalia will become successfull faster than any country,if we only unite but alas xasid people we are

 

[Basra]

We need to be nationalists and not qabilist,we need to feel the hunger for success as a unite,somalia will become successfull faster than any country,if we only unite but alas xasid people we are

And most importantly we need a national army, a stable govt, and zero tolerance for corruption. A Somali constitution, copied from the american one?? Then, let somali flourish.

 

[esmailxxx]

copied from the american one??

Maybe inspired by the USA one but absolutely not copy,we need our own unique laws,i will find time too research xeer more insh

 

[Karim]

Somalia will undoubtedly achieve success when the natural born leaders lead the country. Change the capital and everything will be smooth.

 

[GoldmanSachs]

Some grand delusions in this thread.

 

[Muji]

With the aid that Somalia receives, it’s pretty easy to conclude that the only reason why every kid in Somalia isn’t receiving free education and the reason we don’t even have our own curriculum is because the Somali government doesn’t care. The fact that Palestinians are one of the most educated people in the world let’s you know that it is possible, if you’re politicians care enough.

But I agree education would raise the national IQ, would open up opportunities for Somalis, would breed new entrepreneurs, doctors and scientists instead of relying on the diaspora to bring in educated people.

 

[Shushue]

Why don’t old people think like this ?

The guys back home are incredibly corrupt and inflexible.

So all of this falls on deaf ears.

Maybe a Somali spring?

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Listen to the 5 minutes after 32:24 to fully understand why South Korea was able to do this and how any country can do what South Korea did with enough focus on manufacturing. Manufacturing is an escalator towards convergence with the developed world.

 

[BankaTuyo]

then Somalia shall stay a poor chaotic country till the end of times

i like your blunt honesty, no matter how high we go; qabyaalad will always destroy us and set us back to the stone age.

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

Listen to the 5 minutes after 32:24 to fully understand why South Korea was able to do this and how any country can do what South Korea did with enough focus on manufacturing. Manufacturing is an escalator towards convergence with the developed world.

You hit the nail on the head. There are actually many schools in Somalia everywhere nowadays. The problem is that the education is of bad quality, there are too many curriculums exported from abroad and mostly importantly, schooling in Somalia doesn’t reflect work opportunities. There are no real manufacturing industries and the people look down on labour work so you have people taking courses like “ business and admin” and “ caafimad. You’re only going to get a job in those industries if you know someone who knows someone. Then you have the problem of big jobs being monopolises by the diaspora. Most people doing tahriib are young people who have gained qualifications in Somalia but can’t find employment in white collar jobs.

 

[Shushue]

You hit the nail on the head. There are actually many schools in Somalia everywhere nowadays. The problem is that the education is of bad quality, there are too many curriculums exported from abroad and mostly importantly, schooling in Somalia doesn’t reflect work opportunities. There are no real manufacturing industries and the people look down on labour work so you have people taking courses like “ business and admin” and “ caafimad. You’re only going to get a job in those industries if you know someone who knows someone. Then you have the problem of big jobs being monopolises by the diaspora. Most people doing tahriib are young people who have gained qualifications in Somalia but can’t find employment in white collar jobs.

So how do you fix?

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

So how do you fix?

Mate, if had that answer I would be in Muqdisho. I am focusing on the Somalis in the diaspora. Streets gotta eat.

 

[Hmmmm]

The world will never allow an African country develop into a strong nation , their plan is to keep it divided through corruopted officals etc and steal what they can.

 

[Ras]

I watched this video about South Korea's economic success that someone here linked. They were like us after 1950. The country was coming out of a brutal war and everything was rubble. They were the poorest country in the world.

South Korea is the only country in the world to go from being an aid recipient to being an aid provider. It's a very inspiring video and I think Somalia can take lessons from it.

The first stage of their economic reformation was education. They made sure every boy and girl went to school even though the country was starving. This built up a skilled workforce that could develop the country.

That's where we are at right now. We must get free education in Somalia.

Another successful country, Botswana, did the same thing after independence. They bet everything on education and are now the wealthiest country in Africa.

Right now we have unqualified teachers and some families picking only the oldest boys to send to school because that's all they can afford in some regions and even worse in others.

We have to focus on education or the best we can hope for is to become a retarded country stuck in the middle income bracket like Brazil.

@Deactivated Share your wisdom sxb.

You forget to mention the authoritarian government.

This is something we'll need to prevent saboteurs and planted dissenters from interfering in our democracy.

The weak dictatorship we had in the past didn't have full control over the country and was too much of a coward to attempt to consolidate power.

Education means f*ck all when you don't have any order in the country.