The Ministry of Education (MoE) said that in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a literacy program is being planned for citizens.
The negotiations over the finalization of the plan are underway, officials said.
“We are planning to discuss its educational mechanism in the near future,” said Aziz Ahmad Riyan, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate.
Karima Rahimyar was working as a “home teacher” around 22 years ago—in the first era of the Islamic Emirate’s government in 1990s. Rahimyar said that she had female students. The girls were not allowed to go to school in the Islamic Emirate’s first government.
Rahimyar said that teachers were struggling with severe challenges then.
“We didn’t have a phone in the past. The community leader appointed a woman to gather the girls for my class and she would bring the girls to my residence. Some girls would come on time themselves,” she said.
The citizens suggested that the short-term educational programs are not beneficial and that the government must reopen the schools for girls students in grade 7-12.
“The short time courses are not effective. It cannot replace school and professional education. These courses cannot make someone an engineer or a doctor,” a resident of Kabul said.
There are a total of 87 literacy courses active under the leadership of the MoE. Based on available figures the literacy rate is below 50 percent in Afghanistan.
