ASADABAD: A newly-constructed building for a school has been inaugurated in the Narai district of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Friday.
The double-storey building constructed in the Jaba area had 10 classrooms and four administrative rooms, a solar power system, tables and chairs, education director, Syed Jamaluddin Hussaini, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
The project, which took one year to complete, cost $262,000 provided by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
The building had the capacity of housing 300 students at a time, the official said.
Nearly 560 male and female students have been studying in the school in two shifts.
The education director said 400 schools were operational in the province, where 126 schools had buildings and the construction of another 62 school buildings was in progress.
More than 135,000 students, 50 percent of them females, are enrolled in those schools.
Narai district is about 80 kilometres from provincial capital, Asadabad.
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The double-storey building constructed in the Jaba area had 10 classrooms and four administrative rooms, a solar power system, tables and chairs, education director, Syed Jamaluddin Hussaini, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
The project, which took one year to complete, cost $262,000 provided by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
The building had the capacity of housing 300 students at a time, the official said.
Nearly 560 male and female students have been studying in the school in two shifts.
The education director said 400 schools were operational in the province, where 126 schools had buildings and the construction of another 62 school buildings was in progress.
More than 135,000 students, 50 percent of them females, are enrolled in those schools.
Narai district is about 80 kilometres from provincial capital, Asadabad.
Source.

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