Education

Japan announces fully funded MEXT scholarships for Afghan students

The Japanese Embassy in Afghanistan has announced the opening of applications for Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarships for Afghan students, emphasizing that the application process is free of charge and fully funded.

Free education brings hope to orphaned children in Ghor

Kabul girl studies 300 books, authors work on Prophet’s wives

UNICEF provides stationary items to Logar education dept

700 Laghman teachers go on strike over land plots

Obaidullah Bidar

12 Feb 2017 - 19:26

MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Hundreds of schoolteachers on Sunday went on strike in the Qarghai district of eastern Laghman province, allowing thousands of students to return .

In Nangarhar, Taliban keeping a watch on schools

Yousuf Zarifi

12 Feb 2017 - 10:11

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Some provincial council members say the Taliban are keeping a watch on government-run schools in remote areas in eastern . . .

Islamic university to be built in Nangarhar: Minister

Syed Mudassir Ali Shah

11 Feb 2017 - 10:21

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): An Afghan education’s capital of Islamabad. Headed by Higher Education Minister . . .

‘Youth induction in civil aviation to reduce dependence on foreigners’

Mohammad Halim Karimi

10 Feb 2017 - 12:24

KABUL (Pajhwok): The independent Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) has said induction of youth in the . . .

Kama teachers’ strike affecting students

Yousuf Zarifi

9 Feb 2017 - 00:21

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): School teachers have been on strike in the Kama district of eastern Nangarhar province over the past 20 days, affecting 40,000 . .

Outcry as teachers delayed plots in Logar

Abdul Maqsud Azizi

6 Feb 2017 - 21:17

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Schoolteachers in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province have accused the district chief of halting plots distribution to . . .

40 damaged schools rehabilitated in Kunduz

Ajmal kakar

6 Feb 2017 - 15:55

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Forty schools that were destroyed during recent clashes in northern Kunduz province have been rehabilitated and put into service . . .

42 schools remain closed in Herat districts

Storai Karimi

29 Jan 2017 - 19:57

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Local education officials on Sunday said more than 40 schools have been shut . . .

UK pledges more scholarships for Afghan students

Mohammad Halim Karimi

27 Jan 2017 - 15:28

KABUL and the Chevening scholarship provided an opportunity for the youth to prepare themselves for . . .

Female Afghan students complete USAID internship programme

Pajhwok

24 Jan 2017 - 13:14

KABUL statement said on Tuesday. Established by the USAID in 2011 So far . . .

Fresh varsity graduates in Uruzgan seek jobs

Pajhwok

21 Jan 2017 - 15:55

TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Hundreds of university graduates in central Uruzgan province on Saturday asked the government to provide them job opportunities.

Visas for Afghan students in Pakistan may be extended

S. Mudassir Ali Shah

21 Jan 2017 - 10:06

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Visas for the Afghans studying in different Pakistani educational institutions will be extended, a senior government official has indicated. December . . .

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