Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

New building for a girl’s high school inaugurated in Balkh province

Yesterday, Afghanistan’s education ministry announced that a new building for the Am Albalad Girl’s High School was inaugurated in the capital of Balkh province, Mazar-e Sharif. Students, teachers, education officials and community leaders attended a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new building. The new building was built in one year at cost of […]

April 17, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

2 new school buildings inaugurated and 2 new school buildings to be built in northern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced yesterday and today that 2 new school buildings have been opened, and two new school buildings will be built in northern Afghanistan. In Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badghis, a new building for a girl’s elementary school in Qadis district has been opened. The new building took 1 year to build […]

April 3, 2011 · admin · One Comment
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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. […]

March 13, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Afghan Woman Receives Global Award!

Today in Boca Raton, Florida, Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, the Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), received the inaugural Enterprising Women’s 2011 Global Women’s Hall of Fame award. Dr. Terry Neese, Founder of The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women, presented Dr. Yacoobi the award at the 9th Annual Enterprising Women of the […]

March 11, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Health News, Human Rights, Women's Rights

New court building opened in Helmand; Construction projects on 2 factories begins and 2 new school buildings inaugurated in Herat

Afghanistan’s Bakhtar News Agency reported today that construction work on a new building for the Helmand provincial court has finally been completed, and that an inauguration ceremony was held to celebrate the event. Muhammad Gulab Mangal, the provincial governor of Helmand province, attended the inauguration of the new building. The construction work had begun 2 […]

March 7, 2011 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Laboratory and Library Inaugurated In Ghazni and Aid Given To Balkh Education Department

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education said today that a laboratory room and a library was inaugurated in the Amir Mohammad Khan High School in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni.  Education officials, community leaders, teachers and students attended the ceremony.  The laboratory was provided with 166 instruments and the library was provided with 750 educational books. Meanwhile […]

March 2, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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One school building completed and two more will be built in eastern Afghanistan

A new school building for the Arazee High School in the Khas Kunar district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar was recently inaugurated, according to a press release from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education. Fazlullah Wahidi, the provincial governor of Kunar, education officials, community leaders, students and teachers attended the opening ceremony of the new building. […]

February 21, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Girl’s Middle School In Kunduz Gets New Building

Today, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced that a new school building for the Haji Hussein Girl’s Middle School in the Aliabad district of Kunduz province has been inaugurated. Government officials, community leaders, teachers and students attended the opening ceremony. The new building took 8 months to build at a cost of $341,000. Funding for the […]

February 14, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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New buildings for schools in Samangan and Kapisa

A total of seven new school buildings were opened today in the northern province of Samangan, according to a report from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). Three of the buildings are for primary schools and the other four are for middle schools – all located in the Dara-e-Sauf district.  Each building has 8 classrooms and 6 […]

February 9, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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New school building inaugurated in Nangarhar province

A new building for the Sholgar Middle School, located in the Dur Baba district of Nangarhar province, was inaugurated today, according to an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education. Government officials, community leaders, teachers as well as students attended a ceremony celebrating the opening of the new school building. The new building was built in […]

January 24, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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New school building in Baghlan, new clinic in Kabul, and a new bridge in Oruzgan

Today, an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education said that a new school building for the Darah Kag Middle School in the Dushi district of Afghanistan’s province of Baghlan was inaugurated. The new building has 8 classrooms and 2 administrative rooms.  A water well was also put in.  According to the education ministry, the cost […]

January 17, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Park for women inaugurated in Ghazni, and school buildings inaugurated in Helmand and Baghlan provinces

Musa Khan Akbarzada (Governor of Ghazni province), Dr. Husn Banu Ghazanfar (Minister of Women’s Affairs), and other Afghan and foreign officials recently attended a ribbon-cutton ceremony to officially open a new women’s park in the province of Ghazni, said a NATO news release today. The park has a shopping center, garden fountain, benches and large […]

January 3, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights