About Us

Tilmaan Modern Academy is registered in the Somali regional capital city of Jigjiga, Ethiopia, and will provide quality education and personal excellence for early childhood to secondary education based on a local curriculum blended with a Canadian and International curriculum.

Introduction

The school will initially be designed to serve children in the Elementary Level (Pre-6) in year 1. Then, it will progress gradually to Gr.12 Insha Allah.
It is expected that this complex will accommodate students’ population of about 1600-2000.

 

Initially, we planned to get the school building ready for September 2021-2022 school year, but it got delayed due to COVID 19, the War in the Northern part of Ethiopia, nevertheless, now the construction is underway, and our definite plan is to complete construction in August 2022 and start the school in September 2023 Insha-Allah.

 

Tilmaan Modern Academy will accept Pre-6 students from January 2023 for September 2023.
The complex will be divided into 2 wings:


Elementary wing which will accommodate pre-8 students.
Secondary wing which will accommodate secondary students (9-12).
Every effort will be made to have separate schedules for extracurricular activities, recess, and lunch times as well as events and assemblies’ times, as well as events and assemblies.

School Registration & Location

TILMAAN Modern Academy is registered and licensed as a community education institute that is authorized to provide Pre-12 education services in Jijiga, the capital city of the Somali State in the Federal Republic of Ethiopia. The school site which is in a prime location near at Badda Cas # 16 residential areas (near the Fire Station- City Bus Station). It is opposite of the presidential palace. 

 

Jigjiga is the capital of the Somali state in Ethiopia. It became the capital of the Somali Regional State in 1995 after it was moved from Godey. Located in the Fafan Zone 60 km (37 mi) west of the border with Somalia, the city has an elevation of 1,609 meters above sea level.  Population of the Somali Region is about 10milion (out of 114 million in Ethiopia). The city of Jigjiga, where Tilmaan Modern Academy is located, is a home for about 2 million people.

 

Tilmaan Modern Academy believes in a student-centered approach where the school is designed for students.

All students are known and treated as individuals, challenged appropriately, and given the opportunity to explore their interests.

 

Our Mission

  • Unique methodology of teaching that focuses on the development of the children providing them with an atmosphere where they can learn through creativity, independence, problem solving and self-directed learning. 
  • A friendly environment where students are free to explore subjects and appreciate learning during. 
  • Appreciation and love for learning that does not end when a child’s education is completed.

Our Values

  • Established by using a holistic approach to learning; one in which the essential elements of achieving human excellence – in an intellectual, social, physical, and spiritual context – are instilled in our students starting at the earliest stages. 
  •  Aimed to raise students who demonstrate impeccable personal character along with advanced academic skills and exemplary citizenship.
  • Focused on developing students’ cognitive and social skills.

Our school motto is:

“Perseverance, Excellence, Commitment and Knowledge.”