More than half of the schools in eastern Kunar province are without buildings and their students attend classes in rented houses, mosques and under the open skies, an official says. Kunar education director Mohibullah Haidari said there were…
Reconstruction work on seven school buildings in Qalat city, Shahjoy, Mizan and Shinkai districts of southern Zabul province has been completed at a cost of $70,000. Maulvi Mohammad Nasim Nasir, provincial Education Department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
More than half of the schools in northern Takhar province have no buildings, affecting the education process. Experts say thousands of students in remote areas of Takhar province attend classes under a sizzling sun in spring and summer…
A dozen schools ruined by the past conflict in eastern Laghman province have been repaired at a cost of 13 million afghanis, an official said on Wednesday. The schools --- 11 in Alingar and one in Alishing districts…
One hundred schools in southeastern Khost province have no building and their students attend classes under the open sky, an official said on Monday. One of these schools is Parkhai boys’ high school in SabarioYabubaio district that…
About 98.8 percent of Afghans support the reopening of schools for girls above sixth grade, finds an online Pajhwok Afghan News survey. Only 1.2 percent of respondents opposed girls’ return to school.
Thirty-two out of total 41 schools in the Dawlatshah district of eastern Laghman province have no buildings, an official said on Monday.
There are a total of 275 schools in central Logar province and 100 of them are without buildings where students are taught under the tent or open skies. Provincial education department spokesman Shahpur Arab told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The education department of central Uruzgan province on Wednesday announced reopening 32 schools that had been closed due to conflicts or their buildings had been damaged. The schools were closed due to insecurity in the provincial capital, Tirinkot,…
Members of civil society institutes, political parties and tribal councils during a gathering in Kabul on Thursday called the closure of girls’ schools a great injustice with the gender, asking the government for reopening of all schools in…
The Afghanistan Private Schools Union (APSU) says the number of students has declined by 30 percent. Around 200 private schools had been closed due to economic issues after last year’s regime change in the country. Mohammad Azim Maidanwal,…
The education department of eastern Nangarhar province has built boundary walls for two schools in the Kot district at a cost of 2.5 million afghanis. Abdullah Gul Abid, a spokesman for the Nangarhar education department, told Pajhwok Afghan…
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West and former president Hamid Karzai have discussed the return of Afghan girls to school. West tweeted that he met Hamid Karzai on Sunday and exchanged with him views on the closure…
Teachers, civil society and women rights activists at a gathering on Sunday expressed concern over the closure of girls schools above class six and demanded their prompt resumption. Earlier, the acting government had pledged to reopen all schools…
The Education Department of eastern Kunar province says a total of 441 schools are functional across the province with 288 lacking buildings. Qari Ihsanullah Mahmood, deputy director of education department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that he had shared…
Representatives of 10 member states of the UN Security Council issued a joint statement, calling on the Afghan government to reopen schools for all girls. The statement was jointly delivered by the Permanent Representatives of the United Arab…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the Afghan caretaker government's decision to stop girls from education is a violation of their rights. As schools reopened on Wednesday, girls above the sixth grade were asked to stay home.…
The Ministry of Education says a plan is being devised based on which girls will be able to attend classes with an Islamic Hijab. On Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced the reopening of schools for…
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…
Government officials say there are hopes that girls' schools and universities will be reopened next solar year, but there will be little changes in the curriculum in religious and social education. ZabihullahMujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, told…
Government officials on Thursday said that all girls' schools and universities will reopen next academic year in accordance to Islamic rules. Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Information and Culture, talking to a gathering in Kabul…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to upgrade 43 schools for Afghan refugees in Balochistan province next year. UNHCR head in Quetta Erwin Policar promised the refugee agency would provide vocational training, education and health…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has given in aid education materials and medical kits to schools in 22 districts of eastern Nangarhar province. The assistance distribution was launched today, Thursday, and officials assured that the materials would…
