KABUL (SW) – A day after the Ministry of Higher Education announced the start of the new academic year for male students, a number of female students, worried about not being allowed to attend universities, said they have been disheartened by the Islamic Emirate.
Baran Sadat, a student at Kabul University, said that the Islamic Emirate’s approach to the education of girls is an excuse for this government to downplay their presence in society.
“We followed all the rules imposed by the Islamic Emirate on girls in the university. At first, they said to wear hijab, we wore hijab in the past. But we still wore black from head to toe. When they said that the girls should study at a separate time and the boys at a separate time, we still agreed; But now it can be seen that the excuses and the problem are elsewhere.”
Maryam Ahmadi, a student at a private university in Kabul, said in this regard that banning girls’ education is a serious damage to the spirit and motivation of girls who have worked hard for years to achieve their dreams.
“This iis critical” she said. “All the girls are worried about their future, how long they will be deprived of education. Not only me; Yes, my friends and classmates, we have lost the motivation for the lessons while we just had one or two semesters left to graduate.”
Meanwhile, Sadaf, another student, criticized the approach of the international community towards the Islamic Emirate, saying that the international community has not exerted the necessary pressure for the return of girls to universities. “If these efforts were effective, it would have been seen during the past two years; But we see that it had no effect. In addition, universities that were open were closed, women’s work was stopped; Therefore, the international community cannot change the conditions for Afghan girls.”
University professors say that depriving girls of education will cause the collapse of the education system in the country.
Hamid Mahmoudi, a professor at a university, told Salam Watandar: “The lack of education for girls actually leads the public atmosphere towards a vacuum and despair. If this situation continues, unfortunately, there is no clear perspective for the education system, and many institutions that provided educational services would stop operating or operate with difficulty”.
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