Funded by President Ashraf Ghani from his own pocket, construction works on buildings for 23 schools have been completed in southeastern Paktika province, the governor said Wednesday. Governor Mohammad Ilyas Wihdat, addressing a gathering here, said the school…
A number of schools in the Dash-i-Archi district of northern Kunduz province have been closed due to recent spike in insecurity, affecting thousands of students. The residents of the district demand the government reopen the closed schools…
At least 80 schools have been closed as a result of the recent conflict in central Uruzgan province, affecting thousands of students, an official said on Thursday. Mohammad Nazir Kharoti, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Forty schools have been closed in various districts of southeastern Paktika province, depriving thousands of students of education, officials and residents say. Mehraban Pashton, a resident of Khairkot district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that many schools in the…
Two schools which had been closed for lack of buildings and security reasons were reopened in the capital of southern Kandahar province on Monday. The two schools in Kandahar City were among a dozen schools which have been…
Provincial officials on Wednesday rang a school bell to kick-start the new academic year in eastern Nangarhar province, where half of the schools have no buildings. But officials, who attended a ceremony in this regard at the Bibi…
The Hindu and Sikh minorities living in southern Ghazni province have complained their children are teased and harassed by classmates in public and private schools and demanded separate schools for their children. The minorities say the harassment…
The newly-appointed education director for eastern Nuristan province says insecurity and improper management on local level has affected the education process in the mountainous province. Mohammad Amin Hamad told Pajhwok Afghan News that schools in Nuristan lacked teaching…
Local education officials on Tuesday said 184 of 403 schools in northern Jawzjan province lacked buildings and their students attended classes in the open. Provincial education director, Abdul Hai Yashin, presenting his department’s annual report during a meeting…
A number of provincial council members and residents of southern Ghazni province on Monday complained about the shortage of textbooks in schools despite the passage of two months of the current academic year. Abdullah, a student at…
Teachers have closed 219 schools in southeastern Khost province in protest against what they say the government’s failure to distribute them land plots. The schools have been shut in Khost City, the capital of southeastern Khost province,…
President Ashraf Ghani has pledged using his own funds for the construction of six schools in southeastern Paktika province. The president held out the pledge during a meeting with Paktika elders. Mahmood Sulaimankhel a lawmaker from the province,…
Three schools, which had been shut for years due to security concerns, reopened on Monday in the Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province, officials said. Kandahar education director Qari Muhibullah Qadiri told Pajhwok Afghan News he reopened…
Residents of Maroof district of southern Kandahar province say there is no school in the district and salaries in the name of teachers are pocketed by strongmen. However, officials deny the allegation. They say schools are open in…
The new academic year was officially started in southeastern Paktia province on Saturday, at a time when 14 girls’ schools have been closed in the province. The new academic year was launched at an official ceremony in the…
Local education officials on Thursday said 13 schools, which had been closed due to insecurity, were reopened on the first day of the new academic year in southeastern Paktika province. Provincial education director, Nasim Wajid, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The school bell was officially rung on Thursday in Kabul to announce the launch of the new academic year, with a senior government official admitting half of the country’s schools lack buildings. Education Minister Asadullah Hanif Balkhi, who…
KABUL, officials said on Tuesday. Ministry of Education spokesman Mujeeb Mihardad said there were a total of 17,482 schools across the country and of them 1,006 schools were closed due to security threats. He said the number of students across…
Some provincial council members say the Taliban are keeping a watch on government-run schools in remote areas in eastern Nangarhar province. Education officials also confirm Taliban’s supervision of government schools, saying the outlawed insurgent group’s action is helping…
Local education officials on Sunday said more than 40 schools have been shut in western Herat province for several reasons, depriving thousands of children of education. Education director, Abdur Raziq Ahmadi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 42…
Forty percent of schools in central Logar province do not have buildings and students have to study under the open sky without basic education facilities, an official said on Tuesday. Education department spokesman Mohammad Shahpur Arab told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL (MoE) on Sunday confirmed 1005 schools remained closed across the country due to insecurity and other reasons. Acting MoE Minister Dr. Asadullah Mohaqiq told this to the Meshrano Jirga or upper house while briefing the MPs about the education…
Local education officials say five more schools have recently been closed in southern Kandahar province due to a shortage of students and teachers. In total, 139 schools have been closed in the province because of insecurity and…
Construction work on buildings for two schools has been completed in Khuram Sarbagh district of northwestern Samangan province, an official said Sunday. Khuram Sarbagh district chief, Qari Ebadullah Mujahid, told Pajhwok Afghan News the structures cost more than…
