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Activists Collect 10,000 Textbooks In First Ever Social Campaign

A group of 1,000 young activists has launched a large textbooks collection campaign in 21 provinces of Afghanistan, including Kabul, to help students in rural parts of the country to whom the Ministry of Education has reportedly failed to provide textbooks.
 
In this campaign, which started on March 8 and will continue for another 10 days, the campaigners collect textbooks in their offices in Kabul and other provinces and, meanwhile, they have launched a social media campaign through which they motivate the people to donate the textbooks. They also visit homes in Kabul and other provinces to collect textbooks from the people.   

The campaigners said that so far they have collected more than 10,000 textbooks.

The Ministry of Education published 49 million textbooks last year, according to information available on the Education Ministry’s website. The textbooks will be distributed to students this year. 

According to the ministry, up to 90 million textbooks are required for around nine million students in 18,000 schools across Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s new school year began on March 25 and reports indicate some public schools lack textbooks even in the capital city, Kabul. 

“We started the campaign on March 8 and it will continue until April 20,” said Fariha, an organizer of the campaign. “We hope that people help us to address lack of textbooks in schools.”

“Based on our findings, at least 60 percent of students have no access to textbooks in eastern and southern provinces,” said Lima Anwari, an activist and member of the campaign. 
 
An investigation by TOLOnews from last month shows that the textbooks are widely sold and purchased in Joi Sheer area in the center of Kabul, where many bookstores are located. 

TOLOnews reporter interviewed some parents who bought textbooks for their children. They said that they purchased the textbooks as their children did not receive the textbooks from their schools. They said that free purchase of the textbooks should be banned. 
 
However, Nooria Nazhat, a spokesperson for Ministry of Education, said the books in the bookstores have been printed by private schools and that the soft of the textbooks have been provided to the schools by the ministry.

Activists Collect 10,000 Textbooks In First Ever Social Campaign

Activists said their campaign is aimed at helping students in rural areas who are faced with lack of textbooks.

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A group of 1,000 young activists has launched a large textbooks collection campaign in 21 provinces of Afghanistan, including Kabul, to help students in rural parts of the country to whom the Ministry of Education has reportedly failed to provide textbooks.
 
In this campaign, which started on March 8 and will continue for another 10 days, the campaigners collect textbooks in their offices in Kabul and other provinces and, meanwhile, they have launched a social media campaign through which they motivate the people to donate the textbooks. They also visit homes in Kabul and other provinces to collect textbooks from the people.   

The campaigners said that so far they have collected more than 10,000 textbooks.

The Ministry of Education published 49 million textbooks last year, according to information available on the Education Ministry’s website. The textbooks will be distributed to students this year. 

According to the ministry, up to 90 million textbooks are required for around nine million students in 18,000 schools across Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s new school year began on March 25 and reports indicate some public schools lack textbooks even in the capital city, Kabul. 

“We started the campaign on March 8 and it will continue until April 20,” said Fariha, an organizer of the campaign. “We hope that people help us to address lack of textbooks in schools.”

“Based on our findings, at least 60 percent of students have no access to textbooks in eastern and southern provinces,” said Lima Anwari, an activist and member of the campaign. 
 
An investigation by TOLOnews from last month shows that the textbooks are widely sold and purchased in Joi Sheer area in the center of Kabul, where many bookstores are located. 

TOLOnews reporter interviewed some parents who bought textbooks for their children. They said that they purchased the textbooks as their children did not receive the textbooks from their schools. They said that free purchase of the textbooks should be banned. 
 
However, Nooria Nazhat, a spokesperson for Ministry of Education, said the books in the bookstores have been printed by private schools and that the soft of the textbooks have been provided to the schools by the ministry.

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