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MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Hailing from northern Balkh province, a 55-year-old woman is happy to be finally able to read and write.
Nasima, who along with her 75-year-old husband, took admission in a learning course a year ago, said they were now able to read and write after the one year study. I can read and write now, which is making my life easier, she told Pajhwok Afghan News.
Though Afghanistan is lagging far behind among other nations in term of education ratio mainly because of three decades of war and infighting, many illiterate people are still willingly to participate in teaching courses.
Officials in Balkh said dozens of people were involved in basic education programmes this year.
Nasima is one among them. The woman said she failed to attend school in her childhood due to problems faced by her family. She said the basic one-year education course enabled her to read and write and also made her life easier. She vowed to send her children to school.
Nasima and Muhammad Hassan, her husband, have five children. Three of them are studying at a primary school, the fourth is studying at a university, while the fifth is illiterate. I am sending my children to school because I know that education is a must in life, she said.
Nasima said she read newspapers and magazines which keep her informed about the situation in the country. Earlier, she used to listen to news and current affairs programmes on the television but was unable to know what was happening there.
Muhammad Hassan is also happy to be able to read and write. I was living like a blind man before getting admission at the literacy course. But now, I have found the light, he added. Hassan said he had participated in the previous parliamentary elections five years ago, but did not know whom to vote. "A man tick marked the ballot paper for me," he recalled.
Officials in the province said they had accelerated literacy training courses for married people. Women's affairs director Fariba Majeed said the process was underway over the past one year.
Fariba said both Hassan and his wife Nasima were not happy with the course in initial stage. But, they fell in romance with the course. She informed that 120 illiterate couples had been educated during the current year.
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Nasima, who along with her 75-year-old husband, took admission in a learning course a year ago, said they were now able to read and write after the one year study. I can read and write now, which is making my life easier, she told Pajhwok Afghan News.
Though Afghanistan is lagging far behind among other nations in term of education ratio mainly because of three decades of war and infighting, many illiterate people are still willingly to participate in teaching courses.
Officials in Balkh said dozens of people were involved in basic education programmes this year.
Nasima is one among them. The woman said she failed to attend school in her childhood due to problems faced by her family. She said the basic one-year education course enabled her to read and write and also made her life easier. She vowed to send her children to school.
Nasima and Muhammad Hassan, her husband, have five children. Three of them are studying at a primary school, the fourth is studying at a university, while the fifth is illiterate. I am sending my children to school because I know that education is a must in life, she said.
Nasima said she read newspapers and magazines which keep her informed about the situation in the country. Earlier, she used to listen to news and current affairs programmes on the television but was unable to know what was happening there.
Muhammad Hassan is also happy to be able to read and write. I was living like a blind man before getting admission at the literacy course. But now, I have found the light, he added. Hassan said he had participated in the previous parliamentary elections five years ago, but did not know whom to vote. "A man tick marked the ballot paper for me," he recalled.
Officials in the province said they had accelerated literacy training courses for married people. Women's affairs director Fariba Majeed said the process was underway over the past one year.
Fariba said both Hassan and his wife Nasima were not happy with the course in initial stage. But, they fell in romance with the course. She informed that 120 illiterate couples had been educated during the current year.
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