Collective Work in Schools of Afghanistan

Written by: Mir Aqa Atabar

According to the information provided by the ministry of education of Afghanistan, about 12000 schools are built or rebuilt from 2002 till now.

The windows, doors, tables, chairs, glasses, and buildings of Some of these schools are broken and students have faced problems.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some students, their parents, and school’s administrations about this issue.

An eleventh-grade student, Khatira says: “one of my classmates broke the glass of our class. As it was winter and the weather was very cold, I could not answer all questions in the exam.”

Nargis, a student in Dolana Girls High School, Parwan province says: “as a student, I have the responsibility to walk around the school and advise students not to break the equipment of the school and they should take care of them."

Atiqullah, a student in Farza boys high school says: “our headmaster had a plan to plaster the roofs of our classes on one of the Fridays. As I know how to plaster, on that day, I came to school and plastered all the roofs of classes from 8 am to 8 pm and I continued helping the school with plastering for five years.”

Another resident of the mentioned village says that the villagers provide paints and theypaint the walls and classes of the school themselves by collective works. He adds that 15 years before 50% of the residents could read and write but today more than 90% are literate.”