User:Myousafi/Education in Afghanistan

By 1978, women made up 40 percent of the doctors and 60 percent of the teachers at Kabul University; 440,000 female students were enrolled in educational institutions and 80,000 more in literacy programs. Despite improvements, a large percentage of the population remained illiterate. Not only was the constitution of the government styled after that of the Soviet Union but also changes in academia started to resemble the Soviet approach to education.

'''From 1996 - 2001 the Taliban regime put a halt to women’s education similarly to 2021’s Taliban Regime. '''

In 2015 at Kabul University the first master's degree course in gender and women’s studies in Afghanistan began.

When the Taliban returned to power in 2021 there were concerns that access to education, especially for the female population, would be heavily set back. Though the Taliban claimed that it respected their rights.

However, the Taliban have thus far barred girls and female teachers from returning to secondary schools. They are also developing a new curriculum for all students.

A lack of women teachers was another issue that concerned some parents, especially in more conservative areas. Some parents were not allowing their daughters to be taught by men. But this often meant that girls were not allowed to attend school, as the international aid agency Oxfam reported in 2007 that about one quarter of Afghan teachers were women.

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From 1996 - 2001 the Taliban regime put a halt to women’s education similarly to 2021’s Taliban Regime.