Taliban: There is no age limit for the education of girls in Afghan religious schools
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Education of the Taliban government announced that there is no age limit for the education of girls in Afghan religious schools. |
According to the regional office Tasnim News, “Mansoor Ahmad”, the spokesman of the Taliban government’s Ministry of Education, stated that there is no age limit for girls in Afghanistan’s religious schools.
Ahmed told “Associated Press” If the class does not match and is too high, he is not allowed to attend the class. Religious schools have the same principles as normal schools, and older women are not allowed to attend primary classes.
He added that private religious schools have no age limit and women of any age, including adult women, can study in these schools.
spokesman of the Ministry of Education The Taliban continued that there are 20,000 religious schools in Afghanistan, of which 13,500 are under the control of the Taliban.
He did not provide details about the exact number of girls who are studying in religious schools.
Meanwhile, “Rosa Otunbaeva” is the special representative of the Secretary General The United Nations in Afghanistan told the Security Council that a large number of Afghan girls can be educated in religious schools.
Otunbaeva said about this: It is not clear how the structure and functioning of these schools are and whether they Whether there is a standard curriculum that provides the possibility to study modern subjects or not. We also do not know how many girls can study in these schools.
Publisher | Tasnim News |