Afghan school text books in Pashto

[Khostai]

^still that a lot more that what the average literacy of peopel in Afghanistan is.
in Afghnistan only 28,1% is literate :S.

[Toramana]

^still that a lot more that what the average literacy of peopel in Afghanistan is.
in Afghnistan only 28,1% is literate :S.

Adult literacy means age 10 and above. If you reduce the age range i.e. young literacy 10-24, then the literacy will be in 70s%. I think Afghanistan has a good chance to surpass KP because education is in mother tongue, so literacy can be spread rapidly. It is another matter that quality will be an issue ---In order to deal with that Afghanistan needs to establish a bureau of translation, which will translate influential books in Science, technology, arts, law, philosophy, social sciences, etc. Individuals should be encouraged to translate books into Pashto. Publishing houses should be encouraged by the govt and supported by intelligentsia.

As literacy would increase so would increase the needs and urge of masses for knowledge on diverse topics---and so would expand the need for books on different topics. Herein arises the need for scholars conversant in different knowledge areas, Pashto, and foreign languages.

I think one solution can be a bilingual system of education that is both in Pashto and English.