Integrity Journal of Education and Training

The quality of education in Somalia is deficient, and the limited number of trained teachers is the leading cause of the poor quality of primary schools. In Somalia, the landscape of teacher training has various challenges that demand restructuring of the existing in-service teacher training programs to enhance the competence of teachers and contribute to the effectiveness of learning outcomes. In-service teacher training is vital for the quality of education, particularly in Somalia, where most teachers lack basic competence for being teachers at primary schools. It will result in eliminating untrained teachers from schools in a cost-effective and approachable way.  It is globally accepted that in-service primary teacher training promotes continuous professional development and enables teachers to create a conducive learning environment. In this contribution this paper aims to critically analyze the existing in-service teacher training program at the Federal Government of Somalia to propose an innovative model that is applicable nationwide. The paper used a document analysis research approach to collect and analyze secondary data. The paper was guided by the demand and supply theory for teacher training. The paper found that the current teacher training institutes use an unstandardized traditional curriculum that is inadequate to equip teachers with the required competence. The research findings contributed to understanding insights about in-service primary teacher training in Somalia. The paper proposed an innovative model for in-service teacher training that motivates teachers to enroll in in-service teacher training and enables them to improve their knowledge and skills through online and face-to-face training modalities with specialized subjects and mentoring support. Therefore, the paper recommends that teachers should frequently attend training programs through an innovative model for teacher training to enhance pedagogy skills and subject knowledge and boost pre-service teacher training. Further studies are also recommended to assess and improve the effectiveness of the proposed innovative model for in-service primary teacher training.