<p>FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Construction work on a school in a far-flung area of western <a href="/en/afganistan/chagcharan/ghor" class="glossify-link">Ghor</a> province has been completed, benefitting 600 students, an official said on Thursday.</p>
<p>The school, constructed on two acres of land, has eight classrooms, four administrative rooms, a boundary wall and play grounds. The project cost 12 million afghanis provided the Japanese government and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).</p>
<p>Equipped with chairs, desks and other tools, the school has been built in the <a href="/en/madrassa" class="glossify-link">Madrassa</a> locality on the outskirts of Ferozkoh, the provincial capital.</p>
<p><a href="/en/education" class="glossify-link">Education</a> Director Sibghatullah Akbari said 250,000 students, including girls, were being taught in 843 schools across Ghor, where 600 schools did not have proper buildings.</p>
<p>Governor Sima Joyenda said education was instrumental in addressing the miseries of the Afghan nation. She expressed concern that girls in some areas were deprived of education.</p>
<p>A former <a href="/en/wolesi-jirga" class="glossify-link">Wolesi Jirga</a> members, the governor called quality education a priority and asked people to send their girls to schools. Education officials say as many as 20 schools remain closed in the province due to insecurity.</p>
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