The acting Minister of Education, Mawlawi Habibullah Agha, said that the reopening of girls’ schools beyond grade six is being considered.
The acting education minister made the remarks in a visit to the central province of Bamiyan.
Habibullah Agha said that the problems existing within the educational sector will be addressed soon.
“We will make a special mechanism for the girls’ schools. We will not plan it without any mechanism as in the previous government. The boys and girls were together. The Islamic system doesn’t allow it,” he said.
Meanwhile, female students above grade six expressed frustration over their uncertain future, calling on the Islamic Emirate to reopen their schools.
“The girls above grade six are deprived of school and are living in an uncertain fate. We call for the reopening of the schools,” said Zakia, a student.
Nargis, one of the students not allowed to attend school, is currently working at a shop in the Goshta area of Kabul.
“Since the schools remained closed, I am shopping here. I don’t like to work in the shop, I want to study,” she said.
Earlier, speaking at the gathering of the Union of Scholars and Madrasas (İttihad’ul Ulema), the Islamic Emirate’s Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the reopening of the girls’ school is definite, however he didn’t give a certain time about its reopening.
