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Exclusion of girls from high school has no credible justification: UNAMA
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the acting head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Markus Potzel said that the ongoing exclusion of girls from high schools has no justif
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Taliban decried globally for closing Paktia girls' schools after brief ope
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): The Taliban were publicly criticized globally for closing the girls' schools in Paktia after a brief opening.
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Afghanistan: Student enrollment in Kunduz province's private universities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 1 (ANI): Amid the worsening economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the total number of students enrolled in the private universities in the Kunduz province has dropped by 65 per cent in recent months, as per the Union of Private Universities.
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Taliban ask Kabul's provincial education departments to open secondary sch
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 5 (ANI): Taliban on Sunday instructed Kabul's provincial education departments to open secondary schools for girls, subject to some conditions.
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Afghanistan: Schools, Universities lose 60 pc students amid humanitarian c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The owners of private schools and universities in Afghanistan's capital Kabul have complained that they have lost 60 per cent of their students amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.
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UN decries Taliban's decision to extend school ban for girls
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday condemned reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above the sixth-grade access to schools.
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Taliban to open high schools for girls today
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The Taliban has allowed girls to return to high schools from Wednesday, ending the uncertainty over whether the Islamic group would allow full access to education for girls.
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Taliban to open high schools for girls next week
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): The Taliban will allow girls to return to class when high schools open on March 22, ending the uncertainty over whether the Islamic group would allow full access to education for girls.
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UN calls for equal access to education for stable Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 17 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen on Thursday met University representatives in Kabul and urged equal access to education for boys and girls as a "fundamental need" for a stable and economic prosperous Afghanistan.
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Public universities finally reopen in Afghanistan, face shortage of profes
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 28 (ANI): With the public universities finally reopening in Afghanistan on Saturday, the students face a new challenge in the form of an acute shortage of professors, local media reported.
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Universities re-open in Afghanistan with gender segregation
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 27 (ANI): Universities in the 'cold areas' of Afghanistan opened for all students on Saturday with new gender segregation norms in place.
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Europe pledges USD 11 million to Afghanistan's educational sector
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI): Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said that European representatives pledged USD 11 million to the country's educational sector, local media reported.
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