Dozens of schools have been shut over the past two months due to recent clashes in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Monday. The 40 schools remained closed due to continued clashes between insurgents and security forces…
GARDEZ (Pajwhok): All schools reopened on Saturday in Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province after a three-day closure in protest over the wounding of a student by a special forces personnel. The student of Bator High School was undressed and…
The construction process for five school buildings has been completed in the Dara-i-Sauf Bala district of central Samangan province, an official said on Thursday. Rural Rehabilitation and Development Director Eng. Mohammad Asif Dawlat Shahisaid that the project cost…
Local education province are without buildings and students continue their studies in the open. Education Director Sebghatullah Akbari expressed concern over the education process in the province, alleging the government paid no attention to the construction of school buildings. He said…
The German government pledged construction of buildings for 10 schools and embankment of Kukcha River in northeastern Badakhshan province under an agreement signed on Tuesday. A Memorandum of Understating (MoU) on the projects was signed between Badakhshan Governor…
Thirty-nine schools have been closed in southeastern Paktika province, depriving around 15,000 children of education, officials said on Sunday. Momin, a resident of Dila Wa Khushamand district, told Pajhwok Afghan News all schools in his town had been…
Public representatives say the Taliban have enforced their own curriculum in schools in areas under their control in northeastern Kunduz province. A provincial council member, Amruddin Wali, told Pajhwok Afghan News 20 schools had been closed as…
The ongoing conflict in southern Helmand province has left in ruins 26 schools in three districts, depriving 42,000 children of an education. For the past three weeks, fierce clashes between security forces and Taliban militants have been underway…
The education lacked buildings and more than 16,000 teachers were only high school graduates. Asadullah Hanif Balkhi, during a visit to Bamyan province, said budget for construction of 636 schools had been obtained from the government in the…
KABUL Minister Assadullah Hanif Balkhi on Tuesday said security forces and insurgents sometimes used schools across the country as their bastions and urged the two sides to stop harming the education process. Balkhi told a press conference here that he had many…
Education officials on Monday said nine schools constructed with surrounding walls in central Logar province. Provincial education department spokesman, Mohammad Shapoor Arab told Pajhwok Afghan News that the schools got the facility included Khwaja Angor, Khwaja Beland, Kharoti,…
At least 70 percent of schools in southeastern Paktika province lack buildings and 33 schools have been closed because of insecurity, officials said on Wednesday. Provincial education director Kuchai Zazai told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that…
Education-controlled areas in southern Helmand province, but 129 schools are closed due to ongoing clashes. There are a total 385 schools in Helmand and 129 of them have been closed in northern, southern and central districts of the…
Nearly half of the schools in central Logar province have no buildings of their own and students are taught at rented houses, the education director said on Tuesday. Mohammad Akbar Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive…
The education department on Monday said 63 new school buildings have been constructed during the past one year in northern Sar-i-Pul province. Education Director Abdul Ghafoor Sar-i-Puli told reporters here that 30 of the schools were constructed under…
Sixty percent of schools in southeastern Paktia province lack buildings and professional teachers, say local residents and education officials. There are a total of 388 schools in Gardez, the provincial capital, and all districts, but 28 of them…
More than 50 schools have been closed due to recent clashes between security forces and insurgents in the provincial capital and three nearby districts of southern Helmand province, education officials said on Wednesday. Helmand education director Abdul Matin…
The conflict in Shinwari zone of eastern Nangarhar province has led to the closure of 43 schools, driving about 20,000 children out of school, an official said on Tuesday. Months ago, gunmen loyal to Taliban and Islamic State…
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajwhok): After remaining shut for eight years due to security concerns, five schools were reopened on Tuesday in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, an official said. Of 17 schools in Maiwand, nine schools are open and the…
Dozens of schools in the Tanai and Gurbaz districts of southeastern Khost province were closed on Sunday in protest against “incompetent” education officers. Qimat Gul, a teacher from Gurbaz, told Pajhwok Afghan News all schools in the…
Education officials said on Tuesday lack of school buildings, less number of teachers and a shortage of text books have slowed down the education process in southern Kandahar province. Deputy provincial education director Auz Nazari told Pajhwok…
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) would connect universities and schools of the country through online information technology system. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked in this regard between the Ministers of Information Technology and…
