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MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN): Foundation stones of a teacher training centre and a district education department in the central province of Maidan Wardak were laid on Tuesday, officials said.
An inaugural ceremony for the projects was attended by Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak, Governor Muhammad Halim Fidae, a USAID representative, the Turkish provincial reconstruction team commander, provincial council members and local officials.
Governor's spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, told Pajhwok Afghan News the teacher training centre in Maidan Shahr, the provincial capital, would have 22 training rooms and a 52-room hostel for male and female trainees.
The building, having a library, a mosque, a laboratory, a kitchen and a parking lot, will cost $3.4 million and will have the capacity to house 1300 trainees, according to Shahid.
The construction of a new building for the Syedabad district education department was also launched at the ceremony. The project is estimated to cost $147,000 and will take three months to complete. Shahid said both the projects were funded by the USAID.
Speaking on the occasion, Governor Fidae said 75 projects had been launched for the promotion of education in his province. He added some of them had been completed, while 13 new ones would be launched next month.
He urged the education minister to resolve the pay raise problem of teachers. Farooq Wardak promised to resolve all problems facing the teacher community in one month's time.
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An inaugural ceremony for the projects was attended by Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak, Governor Muhammad Halim Fidae, a USAID representative, the Turkish provincial reconstruction team commander, provincial council members and local officials.
Governor's spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, told Pajhwok Afghan News the teacher training centre in Maidan Shahr, the provincial capital, would have 22 training rooms and a 52-room hostel for male and female trainees.
The building, having a library, a mosque, a laboratory, a kitchen and a parking lot, will cost $3.4 million and will have the capacity to house 1300 trainees, according to Shahid.
The construction of a new building for the Syedabad district education department was also launched at the ceremony. The project is estimated to cost $147,000 and will take three months to complete. Shahid said both the projects were funded by the USAID.
Speaking on the occasion, Governor Fidae said 75 projects had been launched for the promotion of education in his province. He added some of them had been completed, while 13 new ones would be launched next month.
He urged the education minister to resolve the pay raise problem of teachers. Farooq Wardak promised to resolve all problems facing the teacher community in one month's time.
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