TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Acting Education Minister Maulvi Noorullah Munir on Sunday said the residents of remote areas were against girls’ education as they did not want their adult daughters to go to school.
Maulvi Munir talked to journalists during his visit to central Uruzgan province.
About the continued closure of girls' schools above sixth grade, the minister said they were trying to provide conditions that were acceptable to all. He added the previous governments did not take into account such cultural issues and this led to uprisings against them.
The minister said they had started efforts to provide conditions that were . . .
