Education for girls is prohibited for the past eight months in Afghanistan within six provinces among thirty-four provinces. All the girls are barred from going to secondary school until further notice. The Taliban’s started new terms from today for girls’ schooling. The Ministry of Education already declared that schools for girls will remain closed till the plans have been drawn up according to Islamic law. All the girls from high schools and those schools have girl students above class six.
Last week the Ministry of Education announced all schools will be open today including schools for girls and it will be the first day of Afghanistan’s new school year. A spokesman of the Ministry of already congratulated students on Tuesday evening for the return of their school classroom. Suddenly the decision was canceled this morning.
As a reason, a spokesman named Aziz Ahmed Rayan from the Ministry of Education said they are out of teachers for operating schools after many fled Afghanistan in response to the Taliban regaining power last august. He also confirmed that they are trying to hire temporary new teachers for solving the problem of education. As they are lacking thousands of teachers that’s why they decided to close schools.
Norwegian Refugee Council general secretary Jan Egeland defined it as a,
A dark shadow on the start of the school year in Afghanistan
According to the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF, about 60 percent of girls in Afghanistan are out of schooling among some four million children and this will bring darkness to the future of Afghanistan. Limiting girls’ schooling to primary education is one of the red lines drawn by the international community.
The Taliban pointed out previously they will ensure schooling for girls be aged twelve to nineteen according to Islamic principles.
