Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Reports: Mega poultry farm to be setup in Nangarhar and a new school building inaugurated in Faryab

The foundation stone for a mega poultry farm was laid yesterday in the Kama district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, according to a Pajhwok Afghan News report. Senior officials told the news agency that it will employ over 1000 Afghan men and women, and that the project is expected to take three and half [...]

January 16, 2012   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  One Comment

New school building and police logistics center to built in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that a foundation stone laying ceremony has been held for a new school building that will be built for the Haidar Khani High School in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman. Afghan officials, students and teachers attended the ceremony, according to the announcement. Funding for the project will come from [...]

November 13, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan  Comments Closed

New school buildings inagurated in Kabul; Samangan schools get equipment

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today that buildings for two high schools in Kabul were inaugurated today. The building for the Sharak-e Mehdia High School has 22 classrooms and the building for the Syedul Shuhada High School has 12 classrooms. The project was funded by the Japanese at a cost of $615,000.В  The buildings took [...]

October 16, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Khost Province: Sports stadium inaugurated, and a new school to be built

A sports stadium, built according to international standards, was recently inaugurated in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost. Provincial officials, members of parliament, and the provincial governor, Abdul Jabbar Naeemi participated in the inauguration ceremony. According to Afghan media reports, the stadium took three years to build at a cost of over a million dollars. Funding [...]

October 2, 2011   Posted in: Afghan Sports News, Education, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Two new schools built in northern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that 2 new school buildings have been inaugurated in northern Afghanistan. The first school building is for the Bala Murghab High School in the Murghab district of Badghis province. According to a ministry official, the building took 1 year to build at a cost $471,285. The buildings consists of [...]

August 28, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

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

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.В  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 [...]

August 17, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Four New Schools To Be Built In Sar-e Pol Province

Last week, the Wakht News Agency (WNA) reported that the Ministry of Education announced that the foundations for four schools have been poured in the northern province of Sar-e Pol. Officials from the provincial education department, tribal elders and teachers attended the foundation stone laying ceremonies for the schools. Per the WNA report, a school [...]

August 7, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Construction work completed on one school building and work started on another

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that a new building for the Shaheed Mohammad Ismael Middle School was recently inaugurated in the Alingar district of Afghanistan’s north eastern province of Laghman. According to a ministry official, the school building took 9 months to build at a cost of $32,000. It has 4 classrooms, 2 administrative [...]

July 25, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Reports: New development projects to begin and others have been completed in Afghanistan

Across Afghanistan there are scores of new development projects that will either soon be launched or have been completed. Many of these projects will not only bring much needed infrastructure and money to the Afghan government, but also bring much needed services to the people of Afghanistan. On July 2, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported [...]

July 5, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Bamiyan to get a new hospital, and a new school building will be built in Kabul

Afghanistan’s Bakthar News Agency reported earlier this week that a new 100 bed hospital will be built in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamiyan. Funding for the project, including the equipment for the hospital will come from the Iranian government. Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Fada Hossein Maleki, met with Afghanistan’s second vice president, Mohammad Karim Khalili [...]

June 19, 2011   Posted in: Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

4 new school building inaugurated in Sar-e Pol province

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced that 4 new school buildings have recently been constructed and inaugurated in the Sangcharak district of Afghanistan’s northern province of Sar-e Pol. The buildings were built for the the following middle schools: Shams Boys Middle School, Arfaan Girls Middle School, Topkhana Middle School and Khoram Faza Girls Middle School. The [...]

June 12, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

Construction starts on new school building in Herat, and a new school building is inaugurated in Kunar

Afghanistan’ Ministry of Education announced this week that construction has begun on a new school building for the Ustad Fakiri Suljuki High School in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. A foundation stone laying ceremony was held recently in which Herat’s provincial governor, Daoud Saba, community leaders, teachers and students were in attendance. The building which [...]

June 10, 2011   Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed