KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Education Minister Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Shinwari has called for “head-to-toe reform” of the education system, saying the current composition and structure of the ministry could not cope with modern day needs. Shinwari was...
KABUL (Pajhwok): First Lady Rula Ghani on Wednesday said creating awareness about peace should start from schools, universities and government departments.
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Work on constructing a building for the Education Department in Nimroz province has been launched, an official said on Saturday. Governor Eng. Mohammad Sami termed the launch of work an important step toward resolving the problems...
MAZAR-E SHARIF (Pajhwok): Under the Afghan-German Cooperation’s project a career conference for 90 female law students was organised on Thursday in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, to promote the rule of law and the Sharia and Law Faculty of Balkh University, according to a statement.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Gender Department and complaints registration centre have been established at the Education Faculty of Ustad Rabbani University in Kabul to help implement the gender-based non-discrimination and anti-sexual harassment policy, an...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): A youth group has launched a fundraiser for reconstruction of the university in southeastern Paktia province after a heavy explosion badly damaged the campus in Gardez, the provincial capital. The suicide and gun attack on the...
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has said some major steps, including downsizing, are needed in the Ministry of Education to improve management, quality of work and education. Currently, the MoE employs 60 percent of the country’s entire...
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): A modern educational institute was inaugurated on Sunday by an NGO to enroll hundreds of poor students for free education in eastern Kunar province. The educational centre named “Kunar Opportunity” has been built by the “Afghan...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has said Afghanistan is lagging behind in the caravan of development, but compensating the time lost depends on efforts of teachers. Talking at an event marking Teacher Day in Rabia...
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): At least 80 schools have been closed as a result of the recent conflict in central Uruzgan province, affecting thousands of students, an official said on Thursday. Mohammad Nazir Kharoti, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of educators, marking Teachers Day in Kabul on Thursday, hit out at the government for failing to keep its promises to resolve their problems, particularly about pay raise and residential plots. Sabira, a teacher at...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The General Directorate of Revenue on Tuesday inaugurated a call center to provide better services to taxpayers while separately 75 young women graduated from a training program, USAID said. The call centre’s inauguration was...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Private universities and colleges have paved the way for thousands of youth to quench their thirst for higher education in eastern Nangarhar province, but what concerns the people is the presence of ‘ghost’ students, high...
QALAT (Pajhwok): Construction work on four school buildings has kicked off in southern Zabul province, a ptoject that will help provide a proper learning environment for 6,000 students, officials said on Monday. Officials said the projects, funded...
KABUL (Pajhwok): An influential human rights organization has commended the Afghan government’s progress in the area of girls’ education , but at the same time warned against remaining deficits and a risk that the progress achieved was being eroded...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Three hundred Afghan students would travel to Russia for higher education this year against scholarships awarded by the Russian government, the country’s ambassador in Kabul said on Wednesday.
SHARANA (Pajhwok): Forty schools have been closed in various districts of southeastern Paktika province, depriving thousands of students of education , officials and residents say. Mehraban Pashton, a resident of Khairkot district, told Pajhwok...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Hamas Welfare Foundation (HWF) has inked an agreement with Rana Health Studies Institute (RHSI) on providing free of cost higher education to 250 poor students in southeastern Paktia province. Abdul Hadi Hamas, HWF head, told...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan students on Friday staged a peaceful protest for their registration in the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) In line with a scholarship scheme of the Pakistan government, doctors and medical students from the...
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Some youth in northern Kunduz province have accused the departments of education and population census of massive corruption, saying posts of teachers and principles are being sold. Speaking to reporters in Kunduz City, the...