Eritrea - Ministry of Information

Eritreans have for centuries decolonized their mind and developed a national sentiment which is unique to the country's context. It is through developing a culture of their own; they fought against any external domination and freed their country.  Through an ever intensified patriotism, they set out to establish a secured future. Aware of win-win relations, they have been working to establish exemplary bilateral ties with all organizations that work for international solidarity. Eritrean youth are as always at the forefront of this engagement which secures mutual respect.

Enhancing the role of Eritrean youth in all sectors of development has been the primary priority of NUEYS. There has been a good will and initiative by the Eritrean government to make sure education and any other skill upgrading training is provided to the youth of this country. Since youth are the vanguards of any sort of development and as they also have the power to shape the future of any given nation, investing on them is investing on a nation's growth.

In an assessment meeting held at Imperial Hotel from 26-28 December 2014, the Ministry of Education along branch offices and technical experts of the six regions of the country made extensive deliberation to find ways and means of making use of the already gained experience in the construction of schools through active participation of communities. In this meeting different development partners have participated and learned a great deal of what has been achieved in the past.

In 2009, just before five years, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with different development partners mapped out a program called Rapid Result Initiative (RRI) which was aimed at constructing sixty seven schools within one hundred days in the six regions of the country.In an assessment meeting held in October of that very year, the program was found to be very successful.  The RRI program was to establish 10 schools in the Northern Red Sea region, 13 in Anseba, 19 in Gash Barka, 18 in Debub, 4 in Southern Red Sea, and 3 in the Central regions.

It would be an over statement to say quality education is what enables a country to have a secure future. However, what education could bring to a nation's overall growth is not something that could be measured through scales. The benefits of education are multifaceted and, most of the time, go far beyond tangible outcome. Since education empowers the soft power of people, it is hard to say this and that are the benefits of education. What education could bring is something priceless.

The Northern Red Sea region which embraces different historic sites and which possesses vast agricultural areas is also believed to be a cradle of human beings and all sorts of civilizations.  The Northern Red Sea region which has longest sea coastal line in the region ranks second from all regions of Eritrea in its overall geographical area. This region is bordered to the south with Southern Red Sea region, to the west with Anseba, to the south-east with Southern and Central regions, to the north with Sudan, and to the east vastly with the Red Sea. Its overall geographical area covers 35,000 sq km. its road network covers 450 km while its coastal line is about 600 km.