PUL-I-ALAM (SW) – Residents of a number of rural areas near Pul Alam city in Logar province complain that there are no girls’ primary schools in their areas.
Mohammad Farooq Farooqui, a resident of Ultamur area of Pul Alam city, told Salam Watandar that there is no primary school for girls in the area and according to him.
He said: “Unfortunately, nothing has been done about the girls and there is no school. Although we are living in the 21st century, people know the value of literacy to educate their daughters like sons, so that girls can have a better future. We want the government to build schools for girls in our areas and to open girls-run schools in other areas as well.”
Two young girls from “Bedak” and “Ghirtabad” areas of the center of Pul Alam, who are currently studying in the mosque in the village, told Salam Watandar that they are interested to study in school and work in different fields in their areas. They say that the government and the international community should build schools for girls in the remote areas and reopen girls-run schools in the country.
Ayesha, a resident of Bedak region, said: “There is no school for girls in our village. We request the government to build a school for girls so that we can serve our sisters in the future.”
A resident of Ghirtabad region, Malika also wants the government to build a school for girls in this region. She said: “The government should build schools. I want to study and become a doctor in the future.”
Shahpur Arab, the spokesperson of the Logar Education Department, confirmed the problem of lack of girls’ schools in the remote areas and said that, with the financial support of the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, community schools up till grade three have been established in villages.
Arab added that these classes have been opened in Pul Alam and some remote districts and currently 20 thousand girls are studying there.
He said: “Since literacy has been provided for boys. Facilities have also been created for girls and hundreds of schools have been opened for girls. Although the girls did not have access to proper literacy programs, but we have opened 900 local classes to provide basic education to 30,000 students, 20,000 of whom are girls.”
At least 275 public schools have been operate in Logar, 100 of them are for girls and about 50,000 girls are studying in them.
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