The Education of boys and Girls in Afghanistan

Written by: Ferishta Sahak

In these days, most Afghans know the value of education and they want their children to be well educated but in some parts of the country, a number of parents distinguish between male and female education. This manner of parents might badly affect their daughters' future life.

Najma, a resident of Paktia province says: “my father was differentiating between me and my brother education. He was always encouraging my brother and no one was helping me in school lessons. I failed two years in the class and when I became young, my father did not allow me to continue my school. now I am married and my brother became an engineer and I suffer from psychological problems and I could not tolerate taking care of the children.”

Farahnaz, a resident of Ghazni province says: “there were differences between me and my brothers’ education. I could not forget the day when I asked my father to accompany me to school and he said that it was late for him to go to his job but on the same day, he accompanied one of my brothers to school.”

A psychiatrist, doctor Sayed Kamal Sadat says: “parents are their children’s learning models. The attitudes of the parents about education could inspire their children and show them how to take charge of their own educational journey.

Encouragement is the key factor in children education. If you do not encourage your daughters, they think that they are not important persons in their family. These students lose their self-confidence and could not learn their school lessons and they might not be good mothers for their children in the future. Some of them might face psychological problems.”

Some families have solved these problems.

Sakina, a resident of Ghazni province says: “I have four children. My husband and I could not read and write. My husband works outside the home as a laborer and gains some money. We enrolled our all children in school and there are no differences between the education of my daughters and sons. We equally prepare their home’s and school’s necessities. I wish my daughters to be well-educated and become good mothers in the future.”