As Afghanistan faces uncertainty, ladies in the region have begun receiving training at educational institutions operate by Turkey’s Maarif Basis.
Head of the foundation Birol Akgün instructed Anadolu Agency (AA) on Tuesday that there are no troubles in the key faculty education of women in Afghanistan, adding that in most of their secondary and large faculties, male learners have returned to class.
“Limits proceed in sections of secondary and substantial faculties for ladies in Kabul and Kandahar. We consider with time we will triumph over this difficulty. Dialogue on the exact same proceeds through our embassy,” he stated.
Akgün mentioned they took more than the schools in Afghanistan after an interstate agreement involving Turkey and Afghanistan was signed three a long time in the past. The foundation continues to run these educational institutions by growing their potential and top quality.
He said that the number of university admissions had absent up considering the fact that then, and they have opened new educational facilities to preserve up with demands in other metropolitan areas.
“The Turkish Maarif Foundation has all around 6,500 pupils and educational facilities in 19 campuses at different concentrations … in various metropolitan areas, such as Kabul, Herat, Jalalabad, Mazar-i Sharif, Kandahar, Maidan Wardak, Aqcha and Sheberghan. Of these, 14 educational facilities are only for lady college students,” he explained, including that 40% of the 6,500 learners are ladies.
Acknowledging that the latest political developments have brought about unrest in the region next the Taliban’s swift just take more than of electricity this August, Akgün explained with the help of Turkey’s Embassy in Kabul and similar institutions, and colleges carry on to function “with no any fantastic reduction.”
“As a end result of negotiations, the new Afghan administration is showing a much more flexible tactic to continuing training for woman college students,” he reported, referring to the interim Taliban administration. “Only some of our girls’ colleges are ready for permission from education and learning officials.”
He reported woman learners in 4 schools in the cash and Kandahar have not resumed education nevertheless as limitations carry on.
In addition to these conditions, he informed that all other Maarif schools continue to be open.
‘Source of hope’
The foundation’s major target is to strengthen the good quality of schooling at Maarif educational institutions and the general public trust in the colleges.
“The Turkish Maarif Foundation continues to strengthen the high-quality of education and learning for the Afghan persons. This is our frequent cultural and humanitarian responsibility. The continuation of educational functions in Afghanistan although the earth has deserted (the place) is a source of hope for all people and is pretty significant in this respect.”
Akgün asserted that education and learning is amongst the “precedence problems” in the country in this new era, and initiatives are getting created in this route to fix any complications that occur up.
“Faculties are open all over the nation, but embargoes and financial issues have disrupted training in some regions. We know that the U.N. and Turkey will preserve elevating this situation to stop these problems. However, universities remain closed,” he explained.
In 2016, in the wake of a defeated coup by the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), Turkey set up the Maarif Foundation to suppose the administration of educational facilities abroad linked to FETÖ, which the terrorist group has utilized as a revenue stream. Maarif has also recognized dozens of educational institutions and schooling facilities overseas.
