US-built Nawan Tootyah Girls School Opens in Kabul

[Bengal_Tiger]

US-built Nawan Tootyah Girls School Opens in Kabul

Story by Catherine Hartman
This Journalist

KABUL, Afghanistan - In a Kabul neighborhood still recovering from decades of war, over 5,000 girls long for an education. Their old school was overcrowded and could not accommodate them all. It had no electricity and was in disrepair. U.S. Forces in Afghanistan renovated and painted the old building, and built a new two-story, 16-classroom building and a boundary wall for safety.

Five thousand girls attend the new Naswan Tootyah School, which employs 48 teachers and has a nursery for both the teachers’ children and married teenagers. Over 13,000 schools have been built to help educate the children of Afghanistan, giving new hope for the future of this country. There are also many institutes of higher education and training for teachers, medical professionals, and engineers to build capacity and contribute towards the progress of Afghanistan as a sovereign nation.



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*Are these numbers true?

13,000 schools built and 5,000 girls attending just this one school?

[DaZahroJaam.]

how do you fit 5000 students in 16 classrooms, smart ass??

[Admin Khan]

how do you fit 5000 students in 16 classrooms, smart ass??

I guess each class room is huge, like in most universities?

[Admin Khan]

US-built Nawan Tootyah Girls School Opens in Kabul

Story by Catherine Hartman
This Journalist

KABUL, Afghanistan - In a Kabul neighborhood still recovering from decades of war, over 5,000 girls long for an education. Their old school was overcrowded and could not accommodate them all. It had no electricity and was in disrepair. U.S. Forces in Afghanistan renovated and painted the old building, and built a new two-story, 16-classroom building and a boundary wall for safety.

Five thousand girls attend the new Naswan Tootyah School, which employs 48 teachers and has a nursery for both the teachers’ children and married teenagers. Over 13,000 schools have been built to help educate the children of Afghanistan, giving new hope for the future of this country. There are also many institutes of higher education and training for teachers, medical professionals, and engineers to build capacity and contribute towards the progress of Afghanistan as a sovereign nation.



Read more: DVIDS - News - US-built Nawan Tootyah Girls School Opens in Kabul


*Are these numbers true?

13,000 schools built and 5,000 girls attending just this one school?

In terms of education, Afghanistan has definitely progressed A LOT in the last decade.

[afghan]

I guess each class room is huge, like in most universities?

yeh you are right 5000 students with 48 teachers in 16 classrooms. over 300 students per classroom? seems a bit crowded even for Afghanistan.

[Maulik]

It may be running in two shifts. .i.e. Morning and noon

[DaZahroJaam.]

I guess each class room is huge, like in most universities?

from what i remember, they used to have classes starting from grade one to twelve in one building/school. this could be something different where maybe only grade nine to twelve are being taught. in which case, all these students have to be either local or coming from somewhere close by..i can't imagine how that might work.
i don't know if you have ever been to an afghan classroom but +300 students in one classroom is extremely hard to manage. unless they are exaggerating with their student count, they may have a good plan to have come up with something like this.

[Admin Khan]

from what i remember, they used to have classes starting from grade one to twelve in one building/school. this could be something different where maybe only grade nine to twelve are being taught. in which case, all these students have to be either local or coming from somewhere close by..i can't imagine how that might work.
i don't know if you have ever been to an afghan classroom but +300 students in one classroom is extremely hard to manage. unless they are exaggerating with their student count, they may have a good plan to have come up with something like this.

In Kandahar at least, they have a morning shift and a night shift. If that's the case, then the number could come down to 150 students per class room, which at that point sounds *reasonable*.