School buildings to be constructed/reconstructed

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has agreed to grant Afghanistan’s education ministry with $68.5 million, according to a report yesterday from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). Per the report, under the agreement signed in Kabul, 2,270 schools will be built in Afghanistan’s rural areas to pave the way to provide education to 555,000 Afghan children. According to Afghanistan’s Education Minister, Farooq Wardak, the ministry will also arrange clean water and print textbooks for schoolchildren.

PAN had also reported last week that the Ministry of Education has pledged to reconstruct buildings and boundary walls for 56 schools in central Maidan Wardark province. The ministry will also establish 2 agricultural high schools, per PAN. The cost of this project is estimated to be $400,000 and the work is scheduled to be completed this year.

March 31, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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