Hundreds of teachers on Wednesday protested at the call of Afghanistan Teachers Council in capital Kabul, demanding equalization of their salaries with employees of other government departments. The protest was carried out a week after the Wolesi Jirga…
Contractual teachers on Wednesday protested against their dismissal in eastern Nangarhar province and demanded their permanent appointment in schools. The protesters claimed the Department of Education had promised them permanent appointment but instead they were sacked. About 30…
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…
The Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluating Committee (IJACMEC), shortly known as MEC, on Tuesday said the Ministry of Education had implemented 70 of its total 113 recommendations and partially implemented 40 more proposals. However, MEC said that no recommendations…
A number of protesting teachers in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday claimed they have been not paid salary for the last three months and as a result they struggled with multiple economic issues. However, provincial Education Department officials…
One month salary of 400 teachers amounting to 3.3 million afghanis was looted while being transferred to Samkani district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said Monday. Education Director Kochi Zazai told Pajhwok Afghan News the money was…
Ghost teachers and other employees would no longer be paid salaries and other privileges, Education Department officials in northern Balkh province warn. Atta Mohammad Sharafyar, in charge of the oversight and registration branch of the department, told Pajhwok…
Schoolteachers in southern Helmand province went on strike on Monday against not increasing their salaries and not receiving land plots. Shah WaliZirmal, a teacher at Markaz-i-high school in Lashkargah City, the provincial capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
KABUL Minister Mohammad Mirwais Balkhi on Saturday said a has been devised plan to give schoolteachers apartments instead of land plots in future. Balkhi made the announcement while addressing a gathering marking Teacher Day in Kabul. He said distribution of…
The distribution of land plots to 249 teachers kicked off in southeastern Khost province after the teachers went on strike, officials said Wednesday. Around 249 teachers would receive the land plots at Matan Mina Township north of…
A number of teachers in southern Paktika province complain they have not been allotted land plots in a township launched for them five years ago. On the other hand, provincial education officials promised that teachers will soon get…
Hundreds of contractual school teachers on Saturday went on strike in the capital of southern Kandahar province against the delay in payment of their salaries. The teachers gathered in front of Ahmad Shah Baba High School in…
Administrative chief of the Adraskan district of western Herat province on Saturday said at least eight schools in his district were dysfunctional due to a shortage of teachers. Mohammad Mawdod Chishti told a press conference here the…
Teachers of a primary school in this capital city of northern Baghlan province have been absent over the three years, imparting nothing to hundreds of students. However, result sheets of annual exams taken from students of the Arbab…
Thousands of teachers in southern Kandahar province have been not paid their salaries for months, negatively impacting their economic situation and the education process. The most affected teachers are those hired on contracts who have not received…
Dozens of school teachers on Wednesday complained their salaries were not paid for the last four months, warning to boycott classes in the new academic year if their problem not resolved. The teachers gathered in the provincial…
Powerful individuals have encroached upon around 42 acres of land belonging to a teacher’s township in central Parwan province, officials said Sunday. Zalmai Shahid, Parwan education, the provincial capital. He said 668 plots or 120 acres of the…
Construction work on a township for teachers has been launched in the Kama district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. The township construction and distribution of land plots to teachers started after frequent requests and protests,…
Schoolteachers went on strike over not receiving their salaries in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday. The protesting teachers in hundreds gathered in Abu Alfateh School in Greshk district to announce their boycott of attending…
KABUL is lagging behind in the caravan of development, but compensating the time lost depends on efforts of teachers. Talking at an event marking Teacher Day in Rabia Balkhi High School in Kabul on Saturday, Abdullah said: “Our teachers perform…
A number of educators, marking Teachers Day in Kabul on Thursday, hit out at the government for failing to keep its promises to resolve their problems, particularly about pay raise and residential plots. Sabira, a teacher at Mohammad…
School students in southern Ghazni province complain they are faced with a shortage of professional teachers, an issue that has not received due attention from the relevant quarters. A provincial council member, Hamidullah Sarwari, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Dozens of schoolteachers in the ranks of Taliban insurgents are fighting against government security forces in central Logar province, local officials claimed on Monday. Logar governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh, alleged these teachers worked half day with the government,…
Teachers on Monday called off their strike in southeastern Khost province after boycotting classes for three days over the delay in distribution of land plots to them. The teachers had been on strike in Khost City, the…
