Education

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.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Special education centres will be built in all provinces for blind and deaf persons next year, an official said on Tuesday. Mawlavi Ghulam

More than 330 public schools in southeastern Paktia province have been faced with a shortage of 1,100 teachers, an official said on Tuesday.

Acting Minister of Education Maulvi Habibullah Agha says no attention has been paid to the education sector in central Uruzgan province, promising construction of schools buildings in cooperation with partner institutions.

The Education Department of western Farah province says that out of 395 schools in the province, 188 do not have their own buildings and operate in rented houses.

The annual elementary school examinations will begin in cold areas on November 16, the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced on Sunday.