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Agreement Signed To Support Educationally Deprived Children

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) organization (a global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises) on Thursday signed an agreement in Kabul based on which education opportunities will be available to almost 500,000 educationally deprived children in the country in the next three years. 

Out of the 500,000 children, nearly 325,000 constitute girls, said education ministry officials at the signing ceremony.  

The program which is also named Education Cannot Wait will be implemented by ECW in the next three years which will cost $137 million. 

The program is funded by donor countries and foreign organizations.

Talking at the ceremony, Acting Education Minister Mirwais Balkhi said social, economic and security problems along with other challenges are the main causes that keep children out of school. 

“We see social, economic and security issues as the main factors that distance children from schools,” Acting Education Minister Mirwais Balkhi said. 

Yasmine Sharif, director of ECW meanwhile said through this program around half a million children will be provided with educational opportunities.

“Through this program which will be led by the Afghan government, around half a million boys and girls will benefit,” said Sharif. 

Balkhi said currently 3,7 million children are out of school in the country of whom 70 percent are girls and that they will continue this program by 2030 to make sure no child remains out of school. 

Education ministry statistics show that only 50 percent of schools have buildings, and 1,000 schools remain closed due to insecurity. 

Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah meanwhile said progress have been made in the education sector, but work still needs to be done to address the challenges.

“Lots of achievements have been made in providing educational opportunities for the children in the past years. We started from zero and arrived at the point we are now. The challenges are big,” said Abdullah. 

Education ministry statistics show that currently 8.5 million boys and girls are enrolled in school.   

Agreement Signed To Support Educationally Deprived Children

Education ministry says that by 2030 no girl or boy will remain out of school.

تصویر بندانگشتی

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) organization (a global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises) on Thursday signed an agreement in Kabul based on which education opportunities will be available to almost 500,000 educationally deprived children in the country in the next three years. 

Out of the 500,000 children, nearly 325,000 constitute girls, said education ministry officials at the signing ceremony.  

The program which is also named Education Cannot Wait will be implemented by ECW in the next three years which will cost $137 million. 

The program is funded by donor countries and foreign organizations.

Talking at the ceremony, Acting Education Minister Mirwais Balkhi said social, economic and security problems along with other challenges are the main causes that keep children out of school. 

“We see social, economic and security issues as the main factors that distance children from schools,” Acting Education Minister Mirwais Balkhi said. 

Yasmine Sharif, director of ECW meanwhile said through this program around half a million children will be provided with educational opportunities.

“Through this program which will be led by the Afghan government, around half a million boys and girls will benefit,” said Sharif. 

Balkhi said currently 3,7 million children are out of school in the country of whom 70 percent are girls and that they will continue this program by 2030 to make sure no child remains out of school. 

Education ministry statistics show that only 50 percent of schools have buildings, and 1,000 schools remain closed due to insecurity. 

Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah meanwhile said progress have been made in the education sector, but work still needs to be done to address the challenges.

“Lots of achievements have been made in providing educational opportunities for the children in the past years. We started from zero and arrived at the point we are now. The challenges are big,” said Abdullah. 

Education ministry statistics show that currently 8.5 million boys and girls are enrolled in school.   

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