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CTSU: Brain drain crippling schools

By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 21, 2023Teachers of English, Mathematics, and Information Technology are among those who are migrating in large numbers, the JVP-led Ceylon Teacher Services Union (CTSU) has said, adding that around 5,000 teachers have left the country during the past nine months alone. CTSU General Secretary Mahinda Jayasinghe said some teachers had resigned and others had obtained leave to go overseas for employment. “This is bound to deal a crippling…

Karzai calls for reopening girls’ schools for true independence

report in Khaama Press on line, August 19, 2023On Afghanistan’s 104th independence anniversary, former President Hamid Karzai urged the Taliban administration to reopen girls’ schools and universities, emphasizing that true independence requires educational access for all. Karzai said about the critical role of knowledge and stressed that achieving peace, stability, development, and independence requires acquiring knowledge. Karzai urged all to educate their children, including girls. He called on the Taliban to open schools for girls…

Female Students Call to Reopen Schools

By Asma Saayin in ToloNews, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:14 AMFemale students and teachers said they are worried that nothing was said about schools on the second anniversary of the Islamic Emirate’s takeover. Once again they emphasized their right to education and asked the current government to reopen academic institutions for girls as soon as possible. “Yesterday, I thought that maybe schools, universities, and many other places that were closed would open but they didn’t,”…

Over 500 People Graduate from Jihadist Schools in Afghanistan

By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, March 10, 2023Taliban officials reported on Friday that more than 500 people have graduated from Jihadist schools in Helmand, Laghman, and Sar-e-Pol provinces. Bakhtar News Agency has reported that 300 people in Helmand, 160 in Laghman, and 50 others in northern Sar-e-Pol province have graduated from religious schools. Following the collapse of the previous government, the Taliban-run Administration has focused on establishing Jihadist schools across Afghanistan. Over the…

Delawar Expects Decision on Women, Girls’ Education Next Year

By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, dec 27, 2022 at 9:52 PMActing Minister of Petroleum and Mines Shahabuddin Delawar on Tuesday said that a decision will be made soon regarding schools and universities for female students. He referred to the decree of the Islamic Emirate’s supreme leader and said it was instructing a temporary order. He said the decision will be made in the first month of the next solar year (April 2023) based on the…