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Education In Afghanistan

travel.nationalgeographic.com. Education In Afghanistan. Anna Wolf English II/ 3 rd Block October 18, 2012. Basic Facts about Education In Afghanistan. After the Civil War and the Soviet War education in Afghanistan was negatively affected and many schools were destroyed.

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Education In Afghanistan

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  1. travel.nationalgeographic.com Education In Afghanistan Anna Wolf English II/ 3rd Block October 18, 2012

  2. Basic Facts about Education In Afghanistan • After the Civil War and the Soviet War education in Afghanistan was negatively affected and many schools were destroyed. • Women and girls were not allowed to get educated unless it was about religion. • In 2001 when the Taliban was overthrown, education improved. • About 5.4 million people in Afghanistan were enrolled in school in 2008 (Qazi).

  3. Present School System • Primary Education- This is for kids aged 7 to 13. They come here to learn the basics like reading, writing, and about their culture. • Middle Education- The grade levels are 7th to 9th grade and the age range is 13 to 16. Students have to pass a test at the end of this education to go any farther. • Secondary Education- This is grades 10 to 12 and the ages are 16 to 19. In this education students get to choose if they want to continue and academic path for 3 years and possibly go to university or if they want to study a specific subject. • Vocational Education- The ages for this education is 16 to 20. This is know as the “post secondary level.” • Tertiary Education- This is the university level. There are 6 universities in Afghanistan. The degrees offered are Bachelor's, Master’s, and Doctorate’s (classbase).

  4. What School is like For Girls • It wasn’t until a little after the year 2001 that girls were allowed to go to school in Afghanistan. • Many people are still against women getting education there and have harmed these students. • In 2010 someone attacked a classroom with poisonous gas. • A year before that 50 girls were hospitalized due to poisonous gas. • In 2008, 15 schoolgirls were attacked with acid while walking to school (MacDonell). CNN.com citytv.com

  5. article.wn.com anglicansablaze.blogspot.com humanitariamnews.org Going to school in Afghanistan can put your life in risk each day. Even the bus rides to school can be dangerous. Girls have gotten acid thrown at their face, poisoned by gas, and even shot just for going to school (Lindorff).

  6. Literacy Rates In Afghanistan • Typically people in Afghanistan age 15 and older can read and write. • Literacy Rates: • The total literacy rate is 28.1% • For men the rate is 43.1% • The literacy rate for women is 12.6% • School Expectancy: • The total school expectancy is 9 years • For men it is 11 years • Women expectancy is 7 years (CIA).

  7. Do Most Kids in Afghanistan Finish Primary School? • 13% of girls finish primary school. • 32% of boys complete primary school in Afghanistan (Chalkboard). commons.media.org

  8. Amount of People that Attend University • In Afghanistan about 30,000-40,000 people graduate high school. Around 1/3 of those people attend a university. The others are typically just unemployed (Quazi). indianapublicmedia.org

  9. What Schools are like in Afghanistan • Many schools in Afghanistan are outside with out walls or a roof. • Some of the schools don’t have desks. • They can be made out of cloth and sticks (almost like a tent) cfisd.net

  10. The Students state.gov outlookafghanistan.net

  11. Work Cited "Afganistan." The World Fact Book. N.p., 17 Sept. 2012. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html>. "Afghanistan Education System." Classbase Education Database. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. <http://www.classbase.com/Countries/Afghanistan/Education-System>. "Afghanistan: Education in a War Zone | Chalkboard." Chalkboard. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Oct. 2012. <http://chalkboard.tol.org/afghanistan>. Lindorff, Dave. "Children Under Attack in Afghanistan." Humanitarian News. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. <humanitariannews.org/20121017/children-under-attack-pakistan-afghanistan>. MacDonell, Allan. "Taliban to Afghan Girls: Go to School, Drop Dead." News & Lifestyle Coverage on Important Topics Like Food, Environment, Social Justice, Animal Rights, Education & Health | TakePart. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. <http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/04/17/afghan-girls-go-school-drop-dead>. Qazi, Abdullah . "Afghanistan Online: Education in Afghanistan." Afghanistan Online. N.p., 10 Apr. 2008. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. <http://www.afghan-web.com/education/>. MLA formatting by BibMe.org.

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