Lotfullah Khairkhah, Deputy Minister of Science of the Ministry of Higher Education, says they are working on a plan to reopen universities to girls and will share it with the people once finalized.
Khairkhah mentioned the issue during his accountability report on Monday but did not provide further details. He also did not mention the reopening of schools to girls above the sixth grade.
It has been two years since schools closed for girls.
Khairkhah said however the process to recruit 100,000 teachers for religious schools has started, but did not say whether this number would include teachers for girls schools.
Officials from the National Examinations Administration said they have brought changes and reforms to the university entrance examination.
The Ministry of Education says that 1.25 million new students were enrolled at private and public schools last year, of which more than 500,000 are girls. A total of 10.189 million students, including 424,000 girls, are registered with them. There are 18,010 schools in Afghanistan now, officials said.
The Ministry of Higher Education also says 471,000 students are currently studying at the country’s universities.
