A newly-constructed Faculty of Education, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was inaugurated at the Herat University on Monday.
USAID and Ministry of Higher Education officials opened the faculty that includes modern laboratories, classrooms and offices. It is one of six new buildings funded by USAID at universities in Bamyan, Parwan, Balkh, Faryab, Jawzjan and Herat.
“We are proud that this building will help Herat University continue to modernise, grow and meet the needs of its student body,” said Deputy US Ambassador James B. Cunningham.
The Faculties of Education Project is a component of USAID’s Higher Education Project (HEP) that supports the ministry’s efforts to improve the quality of academics in Afghanistan.
A statement from the USAID quoted Dean Juma Hanif as saying: “Since 2003 there have been considerable improvements in the professional capacity of the professors of this university because of the help of USAID.”
USAID’s Higher Education Project has been designed in collaboration with the ministry and works with the institutions offering four-year teacher education programmes in Afghanistan to strengthen planning and faculty skills through training, scholarships and material support.

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