TIRINKOT CITY (SW) – Approximately 70% of Afghan children in Uruzgan, Afghanistan’s southern province, are deprived of education.
Mohammad Ali Jan Ahmad, governor of Uruzgan, tells Salam Watandar that due to the lack of schools and educational centers in remote areas of this province, 60 to 70 percent of children do not have access to education.
He emphasizes: “There are not enough schools in Uruzgan. According to my information, now 60 to 70 percent of children in Uruzgan are deprived of education, and this is a fundamental problem that will destroy if it continues.”
Although Mr. Ahmad assures of ongoing efforts to increase the educational centers in Uruzgan, at the same time, residents of the remote areas of Uruzgan urge the Islamic Emirate to establish schools and provide education opportunities to their children.
Mohammad Zarif, a resident of Uruzgan, says, “Due to lack of access to education, we have become a kind of common clan that our children and adults have not received education.”
Mohammad Qasim, another resident of Uruzgan, also says, “We demand the government to establish and activate schools and religious Madrasas here.”
Currently, 258 schools are active throughout Uruzgan, and at least 67,000 children are learning in them.
