1,000 Chalk Boards for 90 Schools in Kunduz Province

Kunduz, Kunduz, 5^thDecember 2016 – 90 schools in seven districts of Kunduz have received 1,000 new chalk boards for their classrooms. The boards have been distributed during the last two weeks and are now available to over 135,000 students and their teachers. The German government provided funding at a total cost of nearly AFN 3 million.

Thanks to the new equipment, the quality of teaching will improve in these 90 schools. Blackboards are important teaching aids for tutors as they help them to design lessons in a more interactive manner. As a result, children’s learning ability increases. Thus, thanks to the new chalk boards, students will be able to better understand and remember teaching contents.

Mr ZargulAlami, the secretary of Kunduz’ Provincial Council emphasised during the handover ceremony: “We highly appreciate the installation of 1,000 chalk boards in 90 different schools by the Basic and Secondary Education (BEPA). Especially now that our province is going through a difficult period of time, the best we can do is support the education of our children. We will make sure that the new equipment is well maintained, so many students can benefit from it.”

BEPA has provided support to improve the education system in Kunduz since 2005. Not only have schools received equipment by this German programme. BEPA has also trained lecturers and teachers in teacher training colleges, teacher development centres and experimental schools.

The Basic and Secondary Education Programme for Afghanistan (BEPA), funded by both the German and the Swiss government, facilitated the science fairs. The project will continue to work with teacher training colleges, where prospective school teachers receive their training; particularly in science subjects and mathematics. Together with the Afghan Ministry of Education in Kabul and the Education Departments in Northern provinces, the programme aims at establishing high-quality teacher training in Afghanistan.

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