VOA News Ayaz Gul April 18, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The United Nations warned Monday that growing attacks as well as the misuse of medical and education facilities by all parties to the Afghan conflict have reduced the availability of health care, and limited children’s access to these essential services in the past three years. A new report
1TV: The results of Afghanistan’s nationwide university entrance exam called Kankoor were announced Sunday. More than 200,000 students appeared in the latest annual entrance exam. Of which, 58,310 made it to state-run higher education institutions, 60,450 to state-run semi-higher education institutions and around 40,000 to private higher education institutions. Click here to read more (external link). Related
VOA News Rahim Sarwan March 21, 2016 ACHIN, AFGHANISTAN—Thousands of students in eastern Afghanistan are unable to attend school because the Islamic State (IS) is keeping classrooms shuttered. According to Afghan Ministry of Education estimates, around 33,000 students have been deprived of education in 58 schools in the Achin, Haskamena, and Kot districts of Nangarhar
Tolo News: An exhibition held in Kandahar over the past three days displayed the results of at least 170 scientific experiments which were carried out by school students in the province. Participants of the exhibition, who brought their small innovations and discoveries for display, said Afghan schoolchildren are talented and should be provided with the
1TV: Aqeela Asifi, An Afghan refugee woman is among 10 finalists in an international competition to find the world’s best teacher. Asifi set up a school soon after she fled war in Afghanistan more than two decades ago in the Kot Chandana village in Punjab of Pakistan. She started her school in a borrowed tent in
The New York Times: After his return to Afghanistan from exile, in 1986, Azizullah Royesh immediately became a tireless advocate of education as a bridge over the divisions that have made his country a battleground for decades. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The first lady, Rula Ghani said the establishment of the university will help girls who are not allowed to study at other universities. “Building a university for girls is one of the promises of Mr. Ghani that he vowed during presidential campaigns and now we are on the eve of its implemention,” she said. Click
Press TV / January 12, 2016 At least three schoolgirls have lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries in a mortar attack by the Taliban militant group in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost. The Afghan Ministry of Education announced in a statement that a mortar round slammed into a primary school in the Bak district
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 12, 2016 Nearly one in four children growing up in conflict zones are missing out on education, with Afghanistan among the four worst-affected countries, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on January 12. An estimated 24 million children of school age are not in school in 22 countries affected
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 11, 2016 At least three Afghan children have been killed after a mortar bomb hit a school in eastern Afghanistan. The Afghan Education Ministry said in a statement on January 11 that the attack in Khost Province also wounded eight students at the secondary school. There was no claim of