“The past wars took away all pleasures from us, so we began everything anew,” said residents of Salar area in Sayedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province said on Sunday. Nearly two thousands families are living in…
Residents of Ab-Khorma area in Fararud district of western Farah province say about 800 families live in the area, but there is no school since years and their children are deprived of education. The provincial Department of…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in a report says about 118.5 million girls around the world are deprived of education. The UN agency said in a fresh report today that there was a need…
Afghanistan has enough well-learned and professional people in every field and there is no need to invite professionals from other countries, an official said on Thursday. Qari Mohammad Younas Rashid, deputy minister of youth affairs at the…
More than 100 Afghan students, including girls, have graduated from Uzbek language and railway services faculties of the special higher education center for Afghans in Uzbekistan. The graduation ceremony of the Afghan students was held in the Temrez…
The Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has provided US$ 10 million to support continuity of children’s learning amidst a learning crisis in Afghanistan, according to a statement on Friday. With this contribution, 71,500…
Around 13,000 children in southeastern Khost province are deprived of education due to absence of schools in their areas, an official said on Thursday. Syed Kabir Sangin, media official at the provincial Education Department, told Pajhwok Afghan…
There is no school in Maidan area of Watapur district of eastern Kunar and children there have been deprived of education, residents say and ask the government to resolve the longstanding problem. The residents say they reside in…
Education minister and provincial education directors of 34 provinces have met with the Islamic Emirate’s supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada in southern Kandahar province, the Ministry of Education said on Monday. The ministry wrote on its Twitter page that…
A group of young men has paved the way for hundreds of children, youth and elders to get free education in southeastern Khost province. The free education center is set up in the Sambawat township of Nader…
A group of young volunteers has paved the way for a number of out of school and working children to continue their education in southeastern Khost province. The children aged between six and 14 years have stopped…
Officials and students in central Daikundi province say they are facing a serious shortage of teachers, asking the authorities concerned to address the issue. Although textbooks were recently distributed to some schools in the province, students complain many…
The residents of Zamisa area in Dowa Manda district of southeastern Khost province say about 2,000 families live in the area, but there is no school for their children. They say no work was done in their…
The Education Department of central Bamyan province says it faces a shortage of 2,400 teachers and other staff this new academic year, an issue that remains unresolved since long. The Education Department says it needs 2100 more teachers…
Thousands of out of school children will be enrolled in local classes to be set up next academic year in eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Tuesday. Nuristan Education Director Maulvi Taj Mohammad Mutmayen told Pajhwok Afghan…
Residents of Sangi Takht district in central Daikundi province say there is no school in Koh Bala area of the district and a large number of children are deprived of education. Rohullah Musawi, one of the residents of…
A group of youth in southeastern Khost province has started efforts to encourage poor and orphaned children to get enrolled in schools. The young men visit poor families in Khost City and districts, take pictures of children…
The residents of Momandara district of eastern Nangarhar province have constructed six classrooms on self-help basis in a school where students had no shelter. Local elders said as part of tribal tradition, each house donated money for construction…
The Education Department of western Ghor province says 560 new teachers have been appointed to replace long absent teachers in the province. Some students and parents welcome the new appointments and say attendance of teachers should be strictly…
About 20,000 children of Mir Khan area in Qarabagh district of central Ghazni province are deprived of education as there is no school for them. There are 35 villages in Mir Khan area where 3500 families reside, but…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called a decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government to ban women from higher education until further notice “offensive and self-destructive.” The US largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization CAIR in a statement…
Aman Hashimi, a resident of central Daikundi province, has spent a decade of his life teaching students and promoting education. In these cold days, he spends all his time arranging the results of more than 450 students who…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says it has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education on providing education and training facilities to students of returning refugee families. MoRR tweeted: “Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Khalil…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says South Korea donated five million dollars to support Afghanistan’s teachers and Denmark contributed five million dollars to establish more community-based learning spaces (CBEs). “With support from our donors, @UNICEFAfg is expanding…
