Baghlan varsity gets 2 more buildings

PUL-E-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): New buildings for educational faculty and admin office were opened for proper use at Baghlan University while construction work on hostel and other faculties were underway, an official said Tuesday.

The three-storey buildings of educational faculty and admin office were completed at a cost of 41 million afs funded by the Ministry of Higher Education.

Amanuddin Zia, dean of Baghlan University, told Pajhwok Afghan News the buildings were constructed in Husain Khil area 12 Kilometers away from Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital.

The construction work of Agriculture, Journalism, Engineering faculties and the hostel was completed %40 and would be handed over for proper use soon.

The university has been functioning at a hired building, having more than 5,000 boys and girls students and the pupils were faced with problems such as accommodation.

Ziauddin, a student of journalism faculty stated: “There is no vacant place in the hostel. I am living in a hotel which costs me too much.”

Hundreds of students have been living in hotels or with relatives due to lack of hostel.

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