MAIMANA (Pajhwok): The Education Department in northern Faryab province says of 550 schools, 185 are without buildings and students there attend classes in mosques, under tents and the open sky.
Director of Education Maulvi Hafizullah Mutasim Billah, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said 550 primary, secondary and high school as well as seminaries existed in the province.
Of them, 185 schools -- most of them situated in districts -- lack buildings, according to the official, who recalled:
“Majority of the schools were destroyed in bombardments by foreign troops and a number of others by former government forces.”
He added . . .
