Female Teachers in the Villages of Afghanistan

Written by: Ferishta Sahak

In the past, most girls were not allowed to go to school and the people were thinking that education is only the right of boys, but in recent years figures show that a large number of girls also go to school but the number of schoolgirls is lesser than the boys'. AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some people who have found a solution to this issue.

Fatima, a resident of Yakawlang district, Bamian province says: “we did not have a girl school in our village and all my daughters are illiterate.”

Atifa, a resident of Sorsakhail village, Farza district, Kabul province says:

"I studied till the grade six and since there is no girls high school in our village, my uncle did not allow me to continue my study.”

Some people have found the solution to this problem.

Torpekai, a resident of Farza district, Kabul province says: “I am a delegation of my villagers and a member of the village council.

At the beginning, there was only one class for girls in each boys’ school and girls were not allowed to study more than grade 6 in the boys' school from the male teachers.

Then we gathered the elders and Mullah Imam of the village in the village council office. The residents of the village dedicated a land for girls’ school and ministry of education built a school in that land. Most villagers allowed their girls to school and now we have female teachers in the school who have graduated from this school.”

Hafiza, a teacher in Deh Yahya girls’ school, Deh Sabz district, Kabul province says: “I graduated from Deh Yahya girls’ school and now I am a teacher in the same school.”

In some other places, where they had the same problem, the residents have hired female teachers from outside the village and they pay the fare of the transportation to them.