KABUL (Pajhwok): The new academic year 1405 (solar year) was officially launched across Afghanistan on Thursday in a ceremony attended by the leadership of the
Over 700 candidates for the position of teacher appeared in an examination in northern Jawzjan province to address the shortage of teachers in the province, an official said on Wednesday.
The Department of Education and the Doctors Union (DU) in eastern Nangarhar province have signed an agreement on the bases of which physicians in their private clinics will not charge teachers for checkup fee.
On the International Day of Education, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern the Afghan girls who continue to be denied their fundamental right to education.
Some students in the Albarz district of northern Balkh province have complained about the non-availability of school buildings, shortage teachers and learning materials.
The Ministry of Higher Education has purchased laboratory equipment worth 270 million afghanis for laboratories of all government educational institutions, faculties of education and science.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has urged the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) leadership to lift curbs on girls’ education.
The Afghan community needs professionals of both religious and modern sciences in every field, some IEA officials said during a graduation ceremony at Kabul Polytechnic University on Sunday.
Former US special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has slammed the meeting on girls’ education in Pakistan a propaganda move as part of ongoing conflict with the caretaker government in Kabul.
