KABUL (SW) – Two months into the academic year, the persistent closure of the girls’ schools above grade six has left the students hopeless.
Some female students say that although the Ministry of Education promised to reopen girls’ schools before the start of the academic year, it did not fulfill its promise and did not allow girls above the sixth grade to go to school.
The students added that the Islamic Emirate has banned girls above the sixth grade from attending school, which has no logical reasons. Female students are once again emphasizing the reopening of schools and the continuation of their studies.
“As a student, I’m worried about whether the Islamic Emirate will allow girls to go to school,” Maryam Osmani, a student, told Salam Watandar. “It’s still unclear whether we will be allowed to go to school”, she said.
“We ask the officials of the Islamic Emirate to allow all the girls’ schools to be opened,” Tahmineh, another student, told Salam Watandar.
Meanwhile, a number of school teachers say that continuing to close girls’ schools has negative consequences for female students.
Zakia Hosseini, one of the teachers, said in an interview with Salam Watandar that not allowing the girls to go to school had put them under stress.
“Closing the gates of schools to girls is both dangerous for the country in every way and has its own conseq. Students facing an uncertain future today, many of whom may be severely traumatized.”
Atefa Mohammadi, another teacher, also said that the closure of girls’ schools above the sixth grade had delayed their classes. “Please open girls’ schools because it delays the lessons and causes the society to stagnate and not progress anymore”, she said.
Following the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate in the country, the Ministry of Education asked all school students to attend their classes as usual, but girls above the sixth grade were not allowed to do so.
Although the decision of the Ministry of Education was widely criticized at home and abroad, and the Ministry repeatedly promised to reopen girls’ schools, it can be seen that no practical work has been done in this regard.
Recently, Enamullah Samangani, one of the deputy spokespersons of the Islamic Emirate, announced the establishment of a six-member committee to reopen girls’ schools and expressed hope that this issue would be resolved in the near future.
We wanted to know about the progress of this committee and its members, but we could not get it.
Only in a few provinces, girls’ schools above the sixth grade are open to the students.
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