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    Herat to have Pashto schools

    Pashto-medium schools would be opened in Pashtun-dominated areas of western Herat province, officials said on Sunday.
    Pashto-medium schools have to be set up for Pashtun students under the Construction, which says that children have the right to be taught in their mother tongue.
    The governor‘s spokesman, Mohiuddin Noori told Pajhwok Afghan News the education department had been directed to establish the schools.
    A request to the effect came from tribal elders during a March 14 meeting with the governor, he said. Dari is the medium of instruction at 800 schools in the province, where Pashtun students face problems.
    “Many of our students would prefer getting education in mosques instead of schools due to having problems with the medium of instruction” said a tribal elder from Gulran district, Haji Tila Mohammad.


    Herat to have Pashto-medium schools | Pajhwok Afghan News
    Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

    A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

    For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


    The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

    -Ferishta, 1560–1620
    Tags: herat, pashto, schools
  • #2
    Thats really good, but I tought that Pashtun school already excisted there.

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    • #3
      I was very glad to read this news at Pajhwok.com this morning. These conferences are a good step forward, but if we want to see real changes, we can't limit our struggle to these once a year meetings only. We should have our representatives present every month at the governor's office, MPs' offices, education ministry's office and other government offices and officials in charge of it.

      If we are soft in our stance, we won't be able to achieve much and will be easily fooled by minor achievements.

      We have to be persistent. This way our so called representatives and government officials won't be able to ignore and take our demands lightly.

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      • #4
        Ghorzang,
        Change takes time, and slowly are we starting to care for our language.
        Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

        A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

        For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


        The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

        -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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        • #5
          This is great news, especially given the dismal state of Pashto in Herat. I spoke with an Alizai from Farah recently and apparently the state of Pashto in Farah is almost as bad there based upon his accounts. He spoke absolute perfect Dari but didn't even feel confident enough to bother attempting a conversation in Pashto. I've known that a time would eventually come where Pashto would either slowly vanish as it becomes replaced with Dari or situations like this in Herat would begin to occur and we reclaim legitimate status of our language.
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