MAIMANA (SW) – A number of residents of “Nau Abad Turpakhtou” area in Maimana city, the center of Faryab, say that there is no school in this area and most of their children are deprived of education.
Now more than a thousand families live in this area, most of them are internally displaced people. They say that they immigrated to here almost 10 years ago because of the past wars and their children’s deprivation of education. But in this city, their children do not have access to education.
Najibullah, a resident of the area, says: “We faced many problems to come to the city to educate our children and build their future and destiny. However, they are deprived of education and other basic services in the third district of Maimna city.”
Shamsullah, another resident of the area, says: “I try to make my children study and have a future and not become illiterate like me, but unfortunately, there is no school in our area, the school is very far from us and they cannot go in hot weather.”
Officials of the Department of Education of Faryab confirm the lack of a school in this area and say that considering the needs of the residents, they have proposed to the Ministry of Education to build four elementary schools in the province, and one of these schools will be built in this area.
Hafizullah Moatasam, the director of education in Faryab, says: “Of course, according to the consultation of the Ministry of Education, we have already decided to establish 4 schools in areas that are far from schools, such as Damgull, Wazirabad Ghand 35, Qoruksai Torpakhto and Noovabad Torpakhto. We asked the local people to file a request, they did it and we proposed it to the ministry.”
The officials of Faryab Department of Education emphasized that they are trying to build schools in all parts of this province for children who do not have access to education.
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