The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) announced on Thursday that private higher educational institutes would be reopened on September 6. A decision on the reopening of state-run universities would be made in the next few days, said a…
Taliban’s acting higher education minister on Sunday said universities would be reopened soon and boys and girls would continue their education in separate classes. Talking to a press conference here, Mualvi Abdul BaqiHaqqani, the higher education minister, said…
An influential Pakhtun nationalist party has urged all Afghan factions to join hands for resolving the crisis in Afghanistan. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Ameer Haider Khan Hoti called for the parties to find a solution acceptable to…
Taliban education sector officials in northern Kunduz province say that girls are allowed to study from 1st class up to higher education. Maulvi Ismael, director of education department, told Pajhwok Afghan News no barrier existed against female…
Some school and university students in capital Kabul on Tuesday demanded the resumption of their educational institutes and asked the Taliban to facilitate learning. Their demand comes after the Taliban captured 33 provinces of Afghanistan and all schools…
The Taliban say male and female students in all public and private education institutes across the country continue their studies as normal. In a statement on Sunday, the Taliban asked higher education officials, lecturers and students not to…
The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Monday said the procurement director of the Ministry of Education and head of a private company have been arrested over corruption charges. A statement from the AGO received by Pajhwok Afghan News…
The acting education minister on Tuesday said 3.7 million eligible students dropped out of school last year across the country due to insecurity and other problems. Rangina Hamidi, Acting Minister of Education, at a government accountability meeting, said…
Some students complained on Thursday long spells of power outages had negatively affected their online learning. If the problem was not solved, they said, their time would be wasted. Uzbekistan cut…
Officials say 700 contract schoolteachers in eastern Laghman province have been fired after the coronavirus outbreak -- an issue affecting the education process. Pajhwok Afghan News findings show there is one teacher for 46 students. At least 214,000…
