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Afghanistan
Govt. to Build 22,000 Schools in 10 Years
2010-08-11
[Tolo News] The Afghan Ministry of Education is planning to renovate old schools and construct about 22,000 new schools in the country within ten years.
How many for girls?
Officials in the Ministry of Education said more than 4,000 schools were renovated and constructed during the last few years and the fund was paid from the development budget of the ministry, some organisations, provincial reconstruction teams and donor countries.

In 2002, there were 3,000 schools all over the country, and some 20,000 teachers were busy instructing students, but now the figure has increased to 12,000 schools and we have more than 175,000 teachers too, said education officials.

Some six thousand of these 12,000 schools have no buildings, said officials.

"Today we have more than 7 million students in the country, they are taught in 12,600 schools by 175,000 teachers," said the spokesperson for the ministry.

The reports on the renovation and construction of schools come as there are growing complaints about the way the already-built schools are constructed.

Based on the statistics by the Education Ministry, the number of students will be doubled from 7 million to 14 million in the next ten years, and providing more education facilities requires more space.
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