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With No Access to Education Beyond the 6th Grade, Girls in Afghanistan Turn to Religious Schools
AFGHANISTAN, JUL 23 – Over 3 million students enrolled in religious schools as Afghan girls are barred from secondary and higher education by the Taliban, UNICEF warns of long-term national impacts.
- Last September, the Taliban government banned girls from secondary and higher education, leading to ongoing underground schooling in basements and pantries.
- Broader policies dictate what women and girls can wear and where they can go, Zahid-ur-Rehman Sahibi noted that most Afghans are religious.
- Despite lack of official figures, religious school attendance has surged, with Deputy Minister of Education Karamatullah Akhundzada reporting over one million students enrolled last year, raising totals to more than three million.
- UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned that over four million girls could be deprived of education by 2030, while Sher Abbas Stanikzai criticized the ban.
- Beyond classrooms, individual hardships illustrate policy costs, as Nahideh works six hours daily in a cemetery near Kabul to support her education, highlighting long-term societal impacts.
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Afghan Girls Turn To Madrassas Amid Education Ban By Taliban
For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones' graves. She dreams of becoming a doctor - but knows it is a futile dream.
With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in
KABUL: For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves. She dreams of becoming a doctor — but knows it is a futile dream. When the next school year starts, she will be enrolling in a madrassa, a religious school, to learn about the Qur’an and Islam — and little else. “I
With No Access to Education Beyond the 6th Grade, Girls in Afghanistan Turn to Religious Schools
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves. She dreams of becoming a doctor — but knows it is a futile dream.
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