Feasability of Open Schooling in Disturbed Areas: A Case Study of Afghanistan

Most countries have enshrined right to education in their constitution but in reality to fulfil this commitment countries do face a number of challenges. And this is true with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which unlike other countries has a long history of war, conflicts, insurgency and hence...

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Autor principal:	Sushmita Mitra
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Publicado:	Commonwealth of Learning 2014
Materias:	conflict and insecurity open schooling gender equality index Theory and practice of education LB5-3640
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7b35c69521ef491ab99b6bf6403316a52021-12-03T23:38:07ZFeasability of Open Schooling in Disturbed Areas: A Case Study of Afghanistan2311-1550https://doaj.org/article/7b35c69521ef491ab99b6bf6403316a52014-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/13https://doaj.org/toc/2311-1550Most countries have enshrined right to education in their constitution but in reality to fulfil this commitment countries do face a number of challenges. And this is true with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which unlike other countries has a long history of war, conflicts, insurgency and hence insecurity. Although there have been positive steps towards rehabilitation of the education system and signs of promises can be seen in its achievements, access to quality education remains inequitable particularly across the provinces as a result of remoteness and geographical isolation, harsh climate, insecurity which impedes growth and sustainability of access points, high gender gap in all sectors of education particularly from lower secondary stage to higher stages of education, poor infrastructure prevalent in most schools, untrained teachers and low number of female teachers affecting participation, retention and continuity of studies. This paper highlights the current school educational status in Afghanistan to reveal the daunting challenges still existing to confront for the country to achieve its constitutional goals. It will also points out how Open schooling system can take charge of the challenges in Afghanistan to provide a channel of educational opportunities to those who cannot and do not go to school particularly the girls and women. Sushmita MitraCommonwealth of Learningarticleconflict and insecurityopen schoolinggender equality indexTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning for Development, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2014)
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description	Most countries have enshrined right to education in their constitution but in reality to fulfil this commitment countries do face a number of challenges. And this is true with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which unlike other countries has a long history of war, conflicts, insurgency and hence insecurity. Although there have been positive steps towards rehabilitation of the education system and signs of promises can be seen in its achievements, access to quality education remains inequitable particularly across the provinces as a result of remoteness and geographical isolation, harsh climate, insecurity which impedes growth and sustainability of access points, high gender gap in all sectors of education particularly from lower secondary stage to higher stages of education, poor infrastructure prevalent in most schools, untrained teachers and low number of female teachers affecting participation, retention and continuity of studies. This paper highlights the current school educational status in Afghanistan to reveal the daunting challenges still existing to confront for the country to achieve its constitutional goals. It will also points out how Open schooling system can take charge of the challenges in Afghanistan to provide a channel of educational opportunities to those who cannot and do not go to school particularly the girls and women.
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title	Feasability of Open Schooling in Disturbed Areas: A Case Study of Afghanistan
title_short	Feasability of Open Schooling in Disturbed Areas: A Case Study of Afghanistan
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Feasability of Open Schooling in Disturbed Areas: A Case Study of Afghanistan

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