Education

The Ministry of Education's Teacher Professional Development and Curriculum Directorate has launched a capacity building program for hundreds of teachers in central Logar province, an official said on Thursday.

Beneficiaries of free education at the Youth Training Centre in northeastern Badakhshan province demand greater opportunities to acquire essential skills.

Residents of northern Sar-i-Pul province have donated more than 5.5 acres of land to the Ministry of Education and contributed nearly 19 million afghanis for construction of school buildings during the past 10 months.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) leadership has approved adding medical faculty to the University of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official announced on Tuesday.

Free computer programme, mathematics and other subjects’ tuitions for 700 students has been started in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province and districts, an official said on Monday.

The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) says it has purchased Turnitin and Grammarly software for the first time to standardize research and prevent plagiarism in universities.

The second strategic cooperation conference between the Technical Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVET-A) and private sector has been held in the capital Kabul to promote vocational training and create jobs.

A free education programme has been launched for 800 students in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, an official said on Monday.

A woman in central Bamyan has established an educational centre at her own expense, benefitting dozens of orphaned children and rekindling their future hopes.

Army Chief Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat says “medical education is obligatory” as both male and female doctors are needed in Afghanistan.

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) authority has signed agreements worth $1.8 million with 20 institutions to provide temporary technical and vocational education to thousands of young people in five provinces of the country.

Officials and some students of higher education institutions have demanded the decision to close some higher education institutions should be reviewed, but the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), along with an explanation, considered the decision correct, and said that students of these institutions would be introduced to other educational institutions after the exams.