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The Boy Who Crawls To School

3rd November, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan: Mohibullah can’t walk, and his parents can’t afford a wheelchair for him. But this 9-year-old in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan Province is determined to go to school, no matter what.

Posted in Afghan Children, Education |
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Early Marriage Causes ’30 Percent of Afghan Girls’ to Quit Education

30th October, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: Thirty percent of Afghan girls cannot afford to continue pursuing education due to early marriages and menstruation period, the Minister of Public Health said Tuesday.  “Menstruation period causes 30 percent of girls to leave attending schools, 12 percent of the girls don’t have access to health care services, and seven percent of the girls are

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Health News | Tags: child marriage, Ferozuddin Feroz |
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World Bank commits $403 million to Afghanistan

23rd October, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

1TV: The World Bank will provide Afghanistan with $403 million to support education and women’s empowerment in the country. The agreement was signed between World Bank country director and Afghan finance minister in Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).

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Afghanistan is trying to save its child soldiers

10th October, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Al Jazeera | October 10, 2018: Afghanistan’s government is trying new ways to help young men who fought with the Taliban. Some of them are as young as 12 and have been sentenced for offences such as attempted suicide bombing or possessing roadside explosive devices. Prison authorities are converting what were once cells into classrooms, using education and games

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Posted in Afghan Children, Education, Taliban |
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MoE Plans to Appoint Religious Scholars as Teachers in Schools

1st September, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: The Ministry of Education (MoE) says it has the plan of appointing religious scholars as teachers in schools as a move to tackle illiteracy in the country.  Some school teachers criticized the Education Ministry over the plan, saying the religious scholars do not have the full capacity of teaching in schools. “Well-experienced individuals should be

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‘Goodbye, Dad’: Father Remembers Afghan Twins Killed In Kabul Bombing

18th August, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Frud Behzan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 17, 2018 Hassan Rahimi recalls the last time he saw Farzana and Atta, his twin daughter and son. He had just ended a grueling shift at a local bakery. It was around noon when he arrived at the family’s cramped, one-room home in Dasht-e Barchi, a poor neighborhood

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Education, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Hazaras, Shiites, War Crime |
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Unidentified armed men torch school in E. Afghanistan

15th July, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 15 (Xinhua) — Unidentified armed men set a school on fire in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial government said in a statement Sunday. “Unknown armed men torched Kiptan Baba Middle School in Bati Kot district at midnight Saturday. The school building was destroyed and all the documents and books inside

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Posted in Anti-Government Militants, Education, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Children Are Paying the Price for Afghanistan’s Endless War

28th June, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Foreign Policy: The unceasing conflict in Afghanistan has destroyed the institutions meant to protect children. “Nearly half of the children aged between 7 and 17 years old — 3.7 million — in Afghanistan are missing out on school,” according to the Afghan Central Statistics Organization’s figures in a UNICEF report published this month.  Approximately 2.1 million

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Posted in Afghan Children, Education | Tags: Child Labor |
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Corruption in education ministry kills generations: Ghani

28th June, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

1TV: Ghani was speaking during a ceremony to launch mass recruitment exam for teacher positions and posts in the education ministry in Loya Jirga tent in Kabul. The president said that open competition ensures confidence and equality between men and women. Click here to read more (external link). Related 30,000 Candidates Compete For Teaching Posts  

Posted in Corruption, Education | Tags: Ashraf Ghani |
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Where’s the aid money gone? Afghan girls’ struggle for education

10th June, 2018 · admin · 3 Comments

Al Jazeera: Despite billions of dollars being poured into girls’ education in Afghanistan, conditions at schools remain rudimentary.  Some classes are held under makeshift tents; others are held out in the open, with nothing to buffer the girls from the elements of Afghanistan’s punishing summers and bitter winters. While the girls persevere through rain, hail or shine,

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Posted in Afghan Women, Corruption, Education |
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