In six villages of northwestern Nimroz province, the solo primary school has been closed since last four years due to the shortage of teachers, leaving most children without education and others forced to travel long distances to attend school.
Over 700 candidates for the position of teacher appeared in an examination in northern Jawzjan province to address the shortage of teachers in the province, an official said on Wednesday.
The Technical and Professional Education Department head says teachers who have gone abroad will be reappointed if they return. Maulvi Ghulam Haider Shahamat told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that his department had 29,000 female students in…
Acting Higher Education Minister Nada Mohammad Nadeem says delegations have been sent to different countries to persuade Afghan teachers to come back to the country. Nadeem, who visited northern Balkh province, addressed a joint meeting of provincial officials,…
Some school students in central Uruzgan province say they are facing problems due a shortage of professional teachers. They want the government to address the issue on priority.
Teachers and experts consider parents’ role as important in motivating their children to learn their lessons and urge the families to pay serious attention to their children in this regard. Teachers: Teachers, parents hold same responsibility Laila Salehi,…
Thousands of candidates appeared in an entrance test for teacher posts in Bamyan, Maidan Wardak and Sar-i-Pul provinces. Syed RahmatullahHanoon, deputy head of the Independent Civil Services and Administrative Reform Commission (IACSRC) for Bamyan province,…
Schoolteachers in northern Takhar province say their salaries have not been paid since four months and they are facing economic problems. Naqibullah, a teacher in Takhar, says he has not received his salary from the government since last…
The Ministry of Education on Monday said two months salaries of all school teachers would be paid in the next two weeks based on an agreement between the ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The Ministry…
The Ministry of Education (MoE) says 70,000 more teachers are required in public schools and will be hired in next one or two years. Aziz Ahmad Ryan, a MoE spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that last year about…
Education officials of central Kapisa province say that there is a shortage of 1,338 school teachers in the province. Mohammad Javed Forotan, in charge of evaluation at Education Department of Kapisa, talking at the opening ceremony of…
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,…
UNICEF on Sunday provided cash assistance to 3034 teachers of 312 public sector girls and boys schools in central Logar province. Each teacher received afghanis equal to $100, said provincial education department spokesman Shahpur Arab. He told Pajhwok…
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…
A number of teachers in central Parwan province say they have been in serious financial problems due to non-payment of salaries for several months, while officials say teachers salaries will be paid in the near future. The salaries…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show that a number of contractual teachers who served in Khost district of northern Baghlan province received their salaries halved. Copies of documents including bank statements show that the salaries of these teachers were…
The Ministry of Higher Education says 100 lecturers of state-run universities will be sent abroad for PhD programmes under a new strategy. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, MoHE spokesman Hamid Obaidi said four lectures from…
School students in eastern Herat province are complaining about lack of textbooks and teachers. They say textbooks are distributed to a small number of students every year and most of them have to buy textbooks from the…
One individual was killed as two explosions jolted Kabul on Thursday, an official said. Police spokesman Firdos Faramarz told Pajhwok Afghan News a magnetic bomb hit a Corolla-type vehicle in the Aliabad Hospital street in the 3rd police…
The Wolesi Jirga’s Finance and Budget Commission on Wednesday said the salaries of low ranking and contractual teachers would be increased by 2,000 afghanis from spring next solar year. The Wolesi Jirga has thrice rejected the budget plan…
Teachers at Teacher Training Institutions (TTIs) staged a protest rally outside the Wolesi Jirga building in Kabul on Monday, asking the government to promote TTI level up to bachelor and create a new administration ‘High Teacher Training Institute’.…
