Education

KABUL (Pajhwok): Nazanin Kohistani, a teacher in Kabul with 33 years of experience, has offered 150 girls the chance to learn school subjects above sixth

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will reconstruct 50 schools in the provincial capital Pul-i-Alam and districts of central Logar province, an official

ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of remote areas in eastern Kunar province complain their children’s education remains incomplete due to the lack of middle and high schools

Many Afghan girls say they have not given up their pursuit of learning even after the suspension of education beyond the sixth grade. Instead of wallowing in despair, they are navigating new paths to translate their dreams into reality.

As many as one million people in the country would get literacy education opportunities in the next three years based on a new strategy, an official said on Wednesday. 

Hailing the achievements of private educational institutions, acting Higher Education Minister Sheikh Neda Mohammad Nadeem urged the institutions to maintain their trust among the people.

The Education department in southeastern Paktia province says construction work on 32 school buildings launched during the previous government is still incomplete in some districts, including the province capital.

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has donated school and office supplies worth 300,000 US dollars to the Education Department of central Maidan Wardak province.

The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) has published three books for the advancement of research work in higher education institutions, a statement said on Thursday.

Over 700 candidates for the position of teacher appeared in an examination in northern Jawzjan province to address the shortage of teachers in the province, an official said on Wednesday.

The Department of Education and the Doctors Union (DU) in eastern Nangarhar province have signed an agreement on the bases of which physicians in their private clinics will not charge teachers for checkup fee.

The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) has rejected as groundless reports about an agreement with Pakistan on scholarships for Afghan girl students.