13 schools in 8 different provinces to be completed over the next 6 months

Afghan Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak

According to a report yesterday from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN), contracts have just been signed for the building of thirteen new schools in eight different provinces in Afghanistan. These schools will be constructed over the next six months, at a cost of more than $1.6 million. These schools will give almost 8,500 students the opportunity to get an education. Afghanistan’s Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak, announced that the new schools will be built in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kabul, Ghazni, Herat, Badghis, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces. Several different constructions firms will be taking on the responsibility for building these thirteen different schools. According to the PAN report, over the last ten years, over 10,700 school buildings have been built all across the country.

August 17, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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