Afghan Girls Have Education Rights Though There Are Some Issues, Taliban Minister Haqqani Tells News18
david waker
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The Taliban closed the school and college for girls in Afghanistan a few hours after they opened again during the retreat of the US troops last August. Although the Taliban government has signaled mechanism” is at work to allow girls to attend high school, the Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan Sirajuddin Haqqani, in an exclusive interview with CNN-NEWS18, said the girls have been given long-term rights, and caplem The government is working on several problems in education.
He told CNN-NEWS18, “For women’s education, people can come to Afghanistan and see themselves that Islamic emirat has given the rights of women who are due. Some problems are waiting and we work hard to overcome them. “
The Taliban has forbidden girls from continuing secondary education in March and blames the lack of teachers for closing school. The Taliban leaders also said they first need to create the right environment for female students, and also ensure they have the right uniform.
The Taliban Ministry of Education said the opening of the school would be postponed “until further notification when the comprehensive plan, in accordance with the culture of sharia and Afghanistan, was developed”.
According to the UNESCO report in 2021, “The number of girls in higher education increased from around 5,000 in 2001 to around 90,000 in 2018.” Media Outlet conversation.com, about 16% of schools take girls but there are some female teachers, especially in rural areas.
Haqqani previously said “no one oppose education for women”. He argues that girls can go to elementary school. “Above the class, the job continues on the mechanism” to allow girls to attend high school, he said in his first television interview.
After they took power, the Taliban demanded that women wear at least the hijab, a scarf that covered his head but revealed his face.
But since early May, they instead forced them to wear full veil in public and preferred Burqa, which was obliged when they first manage the country between 1996 and 2001.
