GIRLS’ SCHOOLS FOR GRADES 7-12 REOPEN IN AFGANISTAN’S HERAT

Tue 09 November 2021:

Girls’ schools in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have started courses for senior year students, according to media reports on Monday.

Senior female students have been unable to attend school since the Taliban’s takeover in mid-August.

According to the council, the decision was made after a month of discussions between the council and officials of girls’ schools with the local officials of the Islamic Emirate in Herat. The council said this decision allows over 300,000 more girls to continue with their education.

“Previously, girl students frome grades 1 to 6 were going to school. Now girls from grades 7 to 12 also go to school. Before this decision, 250,000 to 300.000 girls were deprived of education,” said Mohammad Sabir, head of the council.

Although students and teachers are happy about the resumption of the schools’ activities, the teachers said they have not received their salaries for more than four months and are struggling with severe economic problems.

However, Herat teachers have voiced concern about their financial situation as they have allegedly not received their salaries for more than four months, according to the news.

Over one million students go to school in the province, and half of them are girls, according to data from Herat’s education department, TOLO added.

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