Tolo News: Dozens of girls above the sixth grade in Paktia took to the streets on Saturday after not being allowed to attend school in the province. The girls demonstrating on the streets criticized the closing of girl’s schools and again requested that the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] reopen their schools. Click here to read more
Tolo News: After months of delay, the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) finally announced a specific date for holding the Kankor university exam on Thursday. A number of students welcomed the specific date for the Kankor exam, saying they are prepared to pass the exam. “The Kankor exam will be held on 13, 14 and
Tolo News: The acting minister of education, Noorullah Munir, held a meeting with Ron Mac Cammon, chief of the United States Educational Development Program, and said in a tweet that the US group is considering making an online education program for Afghan children and young people in remote areas. However, some lecturers at the university
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 3, 2022 ISLAMABAD — U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres Friday renewed his call for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to allow teenage girls to resume secondary education, saying “girls belong in schools.” “Girls in Afghanistan continue to be locked out of the classroom,” he said on Twitter late Friday. The Islamist group banned
theprint: Afghan professors say they’re fleeing not only because of ideological and safety issues, but also due to drastic salary cuts and loss of govt benefits like housing schemes and pensions. Apart from making dramatic changes to school education — including shutting down schools for girls above sixth grade — experts said the Taliban wants
8am: The Taliban have prevented those female students who did not wear niqab from entering Badakhshan University. Local sources told Hasht-e Subh on Sunday (August 28th), that when female students wanted to attend their classes at Badakhshan University, they were met with harsh treatment by Taliban officials. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Associate director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr, says that the international community should not wait for the reopening of girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan, adding that the world must respond and act to this issue. Heather Barr tweeted on Thursday (August 18) that the doors of girls’ schools
The Guardian (UK): It is an open secret that several senior figures in the leadership educated their own daughters while living outside Afghanistan – mostly in Pakistan or Qatar – during their 20-year fight against US forces and their Afghan allies. Some have continued doing so secretly, even after moving back to Kabul, including the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 10, 2022 A humanitarian group says that one year into the return to power of the Taliban, Afghan girls have been confronted with a grave economic crisis, a crippling drought, and new restrictions that have shattered their lives, excluding them from society and leaving them hungry. As a result, a quarter
Tolo News: During his visit to the province of Khost, Noorullah Munir, the acting minister of education, stated that girls’ schools had been shut down due to cultural constraints. He expressed his hope that the Islamic Emirate’s leaders and the elders would agree to reopen girls’ schools. Click here to read more (external link).