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[OutlookIndia] In a concerning development, local Taliban
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officials in some provinces of Afghanistan have issued a new set of restrictions against female education, reportedly banning girls over the age of 10 from attending primary school classes. The directive from the Taliban-ruled Ministry of Education has sparked widespread concerns over women's rights and access to education in the country.
According to a report by BBC Persian, officials from the Taliban-ruled Ministry of Education held meetings with school principals and short-term training classes in Ghazni province. During these meetings, they explicitly conveyed that "any girl over 10 years of age is not allowed to study in primary schools."
This move comes after the Taliban had previously allowed education for girls up to the sixth grade. However,
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now girls above the third grade are being sent home, and girls over 10 years old are prohibited from entering the school premises.
In some provinces, local authorities from the "Ministry for Preaching and Guidance" have also been involved in separating girls based on age, further exacerbating concerns over the future of female education in the region.
The Taliban's history of restricting women's education has intensified since the withdrawal of US and NATO
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-led forces in Afghanistan. Last year, the group banned girls from secondary education, reopening high schools for boys only. In December, they extended the ban to college and university-going women, imposing an indefinite restriction on university education for thousands.
Unapproved New Campuses of Private Universities Closed Down: MoHE
[ToloNews] The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) said that additional campuses of private universities in capital Kabul and in the provinces, which were opened without coordination with the MoHE, were closed.
"The Ministry of Higher Education made the decision to improve and strengthen the laws and procedures of the ministry," said Ziah Hashimi, a front man for the MoHE.
Gul Rahman Qazi, head of a private higher education organization, said that the closure of additional branches of private universities will affect the country’s educational sector.
"In general, it does not benefit the society and the people. But as the government is responsible for the society and people, it doesn’t benefit the government either," he said.
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the heads of private higher education called on the interim government to rescind their decision.
"One of the reasons for (additional campuses) is to attract more students from the area," said Bahram Bahri, head of a private organization of higher education.
Habibullah Baghlani, a university head, said that the interim government has the right to close campuses down if the university lacks a license for additional campuses.
"When it is investigated and found out that they lack a license, then they are right to close them," he said.
Earlier, the union of private universities said that the enrollment of students has dropped by 70 percent compared to before.