Education

A free education programme has been launched for 800 students in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, an official said on Monday.

A woman in central Bamyan has established an educational centre at her own expense, benefitting dozens of orphaned children and rekindling their future hopes.

Army Chief Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat says “medical education is obligatory” as both male and female doctors are needed in Afghanistan.

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) authority has signed agreements worth $1.8 million with 20 institutions to provide temporary technical and vocational education to thousands of young people in five provinces of the country.

Officials and some students of higher education institutions have demanded the decision to close some higher education institutions should be reviewed, but the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), along with an explanation, considered the decision correct, and said that students of these institutions would be introduced to other educational institutions after the exams.

United Nations experts have expressed concern over the suspension of girls’ education at medical institutions and asked the caretaker government to reverse its decision.

US and Qatar aid agencies have formalised a partnership aimed at enhancing access to education for Afghan children and youth.

Former President Hamid Karzai has asked the caretaker government to repeal the decision to ban girls from medical institutions and open the doors of schools and universities to them, so that Afghanistan could be put on the path to prosperity and development through education.

Reliable sources say girls' education at medical institutes has been suspended, but students can to take final exams.

Child laborers and street children in western Herat say they are deprived of education and a healthy life due to economic hardships and urge the government to assist their families in overcoming financial difficulties.

Acting Education Minister Mawlavi Habibullah Agha has alleged some media outlets for spreading propaganda that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) was against modern education.

A senior official of the Ministry of Education (MoE) has stressed the improvement of modern and religious education quality in schools and seminaries.