3 New School Buildings To Be Built In The North and Teachers Get Pay Raise In Kandahar

Yesterday, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced that 2 new school buildings will be built in Afghanistan’s northern province of Takhar and another school building will be built in neighboring Kunduz province.

In Takhar province, the new school buildings will be built for the Haji Pahlawan and Haji Abdul Satar Middle Schools, located in Barak district.

The buildings will be built in 6 months at a cost of $434,789. Funding for the projects will come from the Aga Khan Foundation and Germany.

The building for the Haji Pahlawan Middle School will have 10 classrooms, 4 administrative rooms and 5 restrooms. The building for the Haji Abdul Satar Middle School will have 8 classrooms, 4 administrative rooms and 5 restrooms. Both schools will have a well and a surrounding wall put in.

Meanwhile in neighboring Kunduz province, education officials have announced that a building will be built for the Qakhandar High School, located in central Kunduz province.

The building will be built in 5 months at a cost of $181,000. Funding for the project will come from the Aga Khan Foundation and Germany. The new building will have 8 classrooms, and 4 administrative rooms. This school will also have a well and a surrounding wall put in.

In other Afghan education news, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported yesterday that the “salaries of hundreds of teachers in southern Kandahar province have been increased from 3,500 afghanis to 14,800 afghanis a month”. The pay raise is for 1,200 teachers who had passed a skill evaluation test, according to the PAN report. The hope is that this move will inspire educated people into joining the profession.

March 13, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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