A student has handwritten a copy of the Holy Quran using 2,000 pens in one year and seven months in western Herat province, an official said on Monday.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Higher Education Minister Sheikh Nada Mohammad Nadim on Sunday said the research of religious scholars about women’s and girls’ higher education .
This year has seen the establishment of nearly 190 new private schools across Afghanistan, contributing to improvement in the quality of education, according to various sources.
Acting Education Minister Mawlavi Habibullah Agha has held a meeting with Shaikh Abdul Rahman Hachkala, head of a Turkish Ulema delegation and discuss matters related to the education system in Afghanistan.
The number of students in private universities has decreased by 50 percent, rendering the higher educational institutes unable to meet their expenses and pay government taxes.
On the eve of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) third anniversary of coming to power for the second time, some girls urged the reopening of schools and universities for girls and women in line with Sharia law.
Some newly graduated students of a semi-medical higher education institute in southeastern Khost province have asked the government to provide them with job opportunities.
A youth in Greshk district of southern Helmand province started imparting free education to children including girls up to the third grade at his home two years ago, but he complains about a shortage of classrooms and stationery.
The Qamar Foundation which provides help to vulnerable people, orphans and reconstructs mosques has announced 300 bachelor scholarships for boys and girls.
Some girls who missed this year’s Kankor examination are hopeful for the future and asked the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government to allow girls and women to attend schools and universities so they could be included in the next year’s Kankor examination as well.
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