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Monday, March 28, 2011 Kandahar (BNA) Schools in Kandahar which had been closed due to the security situation will reopen again this academic year, the education department has said.
Schools in Kandahar which had been closed due to the security situation will reopen again this academic year, the education department has said. Already, 63 schools had reopened, with the remaining 138 to reopen in the next nine months, Najibullah Ahmadi, the head of the provincial education department said. There are a total of 378 schools in the province. “The process of reopening schools in Kandahar is continuing and by the end of the year there will be no schools left closed,” he said. “With the reopening of 63 schools, 34,000 students will restart their studies including 12,000 girls,” he said. The opening of the schools means that 162,000 students are now enrolled in Kandahar. Ahmadi said they were also building another 50 schools in Maroof, Arghistan, Panjwaee, Zhiri, Shah Wali Kot and Arghandab districts. Efforts to reopen schools in restive areas of Kandahar began following a military operation to clear the province of militants and build up good governance and civil society structures. The operation started in Kandahar City in October last year and was extended to Dand, Arghandab, Zhiri, Panjwaee, Shah Wali Kot, Khakriz and Maiwand districts. In Dand, located southeast of Kandahar city, half of the schools had been closed due to insecurity. Ahmadullah Nazik, Dand district chief, said 31 schools and one religious seminary had not reopened. “Some days back, the last of the closed schools in Dimracy village of Dand district reopened. The school was set on fire some months ago, so students are studying under the sky.” The district chief said they planned to reopen the school after it was rebuilt, but students and locals had made it clear they wanted the school opened as soon as possible. According to Nazik, all 366 girls and 8,000 boys who had missed their studies for the past five years were now attending class. The district chief of Zhiri Niz Mohmmad Sarhadi, said five of the 30 closed schools in his district had reopened.
Bakhtar News Agency - All Closed Schools to reopen this year in Kandahar
Schools in Kandahar which had been closed due to the security situation will reopen again this academic year, the education department has said. Already, 63 schools had reopened, with the remaining 138 to reopen in the next nine months, Najibullah Ahmadi, the head of the provincial education department said. There are a total of 378 schools in the province. “The process of reopening schools in Kandahar is continuing and by the end of the year there will be no schools left closed,” he said. “With the reopening of 63 schools, 34,000 students will restart their studies including 12,000 girls,” he said. The opening of the schools means that 162,000 students are now enrolled in Kandahar. Ahmadi said they were also building another 50 schools in Maroof, Arghistan, Panjwaee, Zhiri, Shah Wali Kot and Arghandab districts. Efforts to reopen schools in restive areas of Kandahar began following a military operation to clear the province of militants and build up good governance and civil society structures. The operation started in Kandahar City in October last year and was extended to Dand, Arghandab, Zhiri, Panjwaee, Shah Wali Kot, Khakriz and Maiwand districts. In Dand, located southeast of Kandahar city, half of the schools had been closed due to insecurity. Ahmadullah Nazik, Dand district chief, said 31 schools and one religious seminary had not reopened. “Some days back, the last of the closed schools in Dimracy village of Dand district reopened. The school was set on fire some months ago, so students are studying under the sky.” The district chief said they planned to reopen the school after it was rebuilt, but students and locals had made it clear they wanted the school opened as soon as possible. According to Nazik, all 366 girls and 8,000 boys who had missed their studies for the past five years were now attending class. The district chief of Zhiri Niz Mohmmad Sarhadi, said five of the 30 closed schools in his district had reopened.
Bakhtar News Agency - All Closed Schools to reopen this year in Kandahar
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