NEILI (Pajhwok) Sixty educational and vocational classrooms have been created for over 4,000 children in central Daikundi province, officials said Thursday. The provincial office of the Movement for Protection Organization (MPO) in Daikundi, which works for the protection of children's…
The residents of southern Helmand province are complaining about lack of schools in many areas and say the existing schools have no professional teachers and textbooks. Due to lack of schools in many parts of the province, children's…
The acting education minister says the Islamic Emirate is not against girls’ education and they will be allowed to study at schools meeting the required conditions. Noorullah Munir, during a visit to northern Baghlan province, met with government…
Acting education minister during a visit to northwestern Jawzjan province said that in the ministry would recruit professional figures for boosting the quality of education in the country in the coming solar year. Sheikh Mulavi Noorullah Munir, acting…
Deputy economy minister says the ministry is developing a major economic policy that would bring about positive changes to the country’s financial situation when approved. Abdul LatifNazari in an interview with Pajhwok Afghan News said that the ministry…
Residents of Tarwa district of southeastern Paktika province say that schools in the district have been closed for the past 20 years and teachers' salaries in the district ended up in personal pockets. The routes of Tarwa district,…
Education minister during a visit to southern Helmand province on Wednesday said his ministry would work on school buildings in the province that were destroyed during the war and will employ professional teachers. Sheikh Mulavi Noorullah Munir told…
No one has graduated from high school in Mandol district of eastern Nuristan province during the last 20 years, an official said on Monday. Nuristan education director Taj Mohammad Mutmain told Pajhwok Afghan News 161 permanent and 50…
The Education Department in eastern Kunar province says 500 classrooms have been established for 15,000 rural children who were out of schools. Mohibullah Haidari, director of education department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the classrooms were opened with financial…
A number of teachers in the capital of southeastern Paktia province have paved the way for education of about 1,000 students free of cost. BorjanHamraz, one of the educational centers in charge, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “We have…
The acting education minister on Thursday said schools would be reopened not because of external pressures, but because of commitment and responsibility of the government. MulaviNoorullahMunir, acting education minister, said this during a meeting with UN Secretary-General's Special…
The US Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) detailing information about federal funds and resources available to support Afghan children and their families. The Afghan children and families recently arrived, or may be arriving soon,…
Information and culture officials of northern Samangan province has announced the graduation of 272 girls from a three-year "accelerated" educational program in the province provided by ACTED organization. ACTED a French organization and operates in Asia and Africa…
Local officials in northern Jawzjan province say the process to distribute food aid to 6,000 education officials in the province has been launched. Mohammad TahirJawad, education director of Jawzjan, told Pajhwok Afghan News today at the inauguration ceremony…
The Global Partnership for Education project in seven districts of Badakhshan province has provided 13,000 children with access to education in local classrooms, taught by 508 teachers. Prof.Faqir Mohammad, in charge of the education program of the Norwegian…
For the first time in western Farah province, 600 local classes have been set up by Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan (Wadan), providing access to education for thousands of local children. ShafiqullahBabakarkhil, provincial director of…
A private school in central Bamyan province provides free education to 400 girls and boys from families with poor economic situation. Takamul Danish, a private school in the Rigshad area west of Bamayan city, the provincial capital,…
Girls have been provided with education opportunity for the first time following the establishment of 50 literacy classes in Kharwar district of central Logar province. Kharwar is a district in Logar where there have been no girls' schools…
Raihana, who left education incomplete due to remoteness of her school, says she was highly interested in education and currently she has been teaching children in her house free of cost. Raihana, 17, was a student in QalaKhel…
A teacher in western Badghis province, who has 28 years service instructing students, termed peace as ‘the greatest achievement’ since the fall of the previous regime, and said that all the people of the country should make efforts…
Orphaned children in western Badghis province, who lost their fathers to the war, hope that peace would remain forever in Afghanistan and that the government would provide them with better education. More than four decades of war and…
Women rallied in Kabul on Thursday for resolving people’s economic problems and allowing women’s participation in politics. Dozens of women and girls from "Women's Spontaneous Movement" protested in front of Shahr-i-Naw Park, chanting "save Afghanistan from a humanitarian…
Sixty people including women have graduated from medical faculty of private Malalai Institute of Higher Education in southern Kandahar province. A ceremony organized on the occasion was attended by the graduates, their families, officials of relevant departments…
A charity organization in Kabul has been providing free education to 90 needy children and its officials say they want to double that number in the near future. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Mahmood Siddiqui,…
