GHAZNI CITY (SW) – Following the banning of girls from education in the country, the interest of female students in Ghazni to study nursing and midwifery has increased, and most of them have turned to private institutes of health sciences.
20-year-old Sana, a resident of the center of Ghazni, who is studying midwifery in one of the institutes of health sciences in this province, says that after not being able to study in her favorite field, she found her hope to continue her education in this institute. “We were happy to go study in the field of our choice and wished the same subjects would get us somewhere, but when the public universities were closed, I wanted my time not to be wasted, so I came here and started midwifery.”
Likewise, there are a number of female students in Ghazni who have studied in government universities for several semesters. But according to them, aafter closure of the universities, they had to start higher education again in a new field from scratch.
Nadia, who previously studied until the fifth semester at Ghazni University, is now a second semester student in midwifery. She says: “After passing the entrance exam, I was successful in the field of Farsi-Dari literature and studied for five semesters. Unfortunately, after the universities were closed, we could not continue our studies and we registered here.”
On the other hand, some of these students, fearing the closure of semi-university institutes, say that they are worried that they will be banned from studying nursing and midwifery.
Munira, a nursing student at another health science institute in Ghazni, says: “Our lessons are going well, we have no problems. Most of our professors are women, but in our hearts is the fear that the Islamic Emirate will close our institutes.
Meanwhile, the officials of a number of health science institutes in Ghazni say that the number of female students in these institutes has increased. Mohammad Qasim Arya, the vice chancellor of “Omar” Institute of Health Sciences, told Salam Watandar that in the yea 2021 some 1,200 to 1,500 female students were studying in this institute, which has now increased to 2,500 students.
He says: “One of the reasons could be that due to the closure of state universities, students cannot go to universities and continue their studies according to the guidance of the Islamic Emirate, and the second reason is that a completely safe environment has been created in the country and the easy movement of people and free from fear has been created.”
On the other hand, Rasul Khan Nazari, head of public health department in Ghazni, says that by graduating female students from nursing and midwifery, it will make it easier to provide medical services to citizens. He adds: “In the health sector, the shortage of nurses and midwives has been solved and the problem has been partially solved. It would be good to work on quality after this and to present talented female health personnel equipped with technology to the society.”
The interest of girls and women in Ghazni to study nursing and midwifery has increased, while the number of female students in religious schools has also increased in some provinces after girls stopped going to school and university.
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