GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): The Taliban will check religious knowledge of modern school directors, principals and teachers through an examination, an official letter from the Taliban

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of teachers in 10 districts of southeastern Khost province have been on strike, demanding residency plots, depriving tens of thousands of

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): School students in eastern Herat province are complaining about lack of textbooks and teachers. They say textbooks are distributed to a small

KABUL (Pajhwok): A joint gathering of Loya Paktia youth associations on Monday warned of closing government offices if the lack of teachers and textbooks in

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Taliban militants have stopped about 20, 000 girl students in northern Jawzjan province from studying beyond sixth grade, officials claim. In the Darzab

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pajhwok Afghan News findings show some faculties and branches of 40 private higher educational institutes are operating without obtaining licenses from the government.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Bank on Thursday approved the allocation of an additional $25 million in financing from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday promised to establish 1,800 new schools, increase salaries of teachers and hire 11,000 more teachers in . .

TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): The new education year kicked off in southern Uruzgan province at a time when 51 schools are closed, depriving thousands of students of

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Taliban have been monitoring schools in majority of insecure districts of northern Balkh province, an official said on Tuesday. Encouraging . .