INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The acting Minister of Education says that currently 20,000 schools are open to girls and boys across the country and that 10 million
children and youths are currently in school & of which 2.7 million are girls.However, in response to the closure of schools above the sixth
grade, a number of women&s rights activists are urging the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), to reopen girls& schools in Afghanistan as
soon as possible.It&s been more than a month since the beginning of the new school year, but in this time, secondary and high schools have
mostly remained closed to girls.Approximately 250,000 teachers are engaged in educating the children of the homeland, including about
100,000 female teachers who go to their schools regularly every day to teach, and now 2.7 million girls are engaged in education; and the
privileges of female employees, they are paid regularly, regardless of whether they are physically present or not,& said acting minister
Noorullah Muneer.Whenever the government and the leaders of the Islamic Emirate want to open a school, we are fully prepared to start this
process,& said education ministry spokesman Ahmad Aziz Rayan.On the other hand, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the IEA, said
in his Eid message published on Friday, that they have made great efforts to strengthen the education process.If you (IEA) want to achieve
good governance, you must obey the voice of the people and you must not deprive women and girls of the right to education,& said Dewa
Patang, a women&s activist.It has been about eight months since the Islamic Emirate came to power, but it is still not firm in its
promises,& said Tarana Adib, another activist.Recently, UNICEF stated in a report that about 80 percent of children in the country are
deprived of the right to education, of which 1.1 million are girls.The post Education minister says 2.7 million Afghan girls currently in
school first appeared on Ariana News.
