Education

More than 2,000 prisoners are receiving vocational training in prisons across Afghanistan, the Jails Regulatory Authority chief said on Monday.

A creative young man has showcased the car he has made at the Culture and Information Department in western Herat province.

Students in Badghis province are expressing frustration over what they say the absence of safe drinking water in their schools.

University students in southern Ghanzni province say they live in private hostels and pay heavy charges due to lack of a dormitory on the campus.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has started the reconstruction work on 25 education buildings at a cost of 20 million afs in western Herat province.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has emphasised the critical role of education in fostering an economy and independent politics.

Students from the Computer Science Faculty of the university in central Uruzgan province have put on display 19 innovative projects in the field of technology.

Dozens of children, including girls, from destitute families and orphans have been provided education opportunity by a volunteer in southeastern Khost province.

Three hundreds orphans, including 100 girls, have been provided with education and training opportunity in the Imam Ahmad Ibn Habban Basti Orphanage Centre in Lashkargha, the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday.

UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided stationery to 76,000 school students from the first to the third grade in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, and districts.

Japan has allocated $300,000 million for the protection of Afghanistan’s historical heritages and planned the construction of 165 primary schools in nine provinces of the country, a statement from Arg said on Friday.

Local officials have announced the launch of a six-month UNICEF-funded primary education programme for 100 child labourers in northern Baghlan province.