The Taliban barred ladies from personal and public universities final month. The upper schooling minister within the Taliban-run authorities, Nida Mohammed Nadim, has maintained that the ban is critical to forestall the blending of genders in universities — and since he believes some topics being taught violate Islamic rules.
Work was underway to repair these points and universities would reopen for ladies as soon as they have been resolved, he had stated in a TV interview.
The Taliban have made comparable guarantees about center college and highschool entry for ladies, saying lessons would resume for them as soon as “technical points” round uniforms and transport have been sorted out. However women stay shut out of lecture rooms past sixth grade.
Increased Schooling Ministry spokesman Ziaullah Hashmi stated Saturday {that a} letter reminding personal universities to not permit ladies to take entrance exams was despatched out. He gave no additional particulars.
A duplicate of the letter, shared with The Related Press, warned that girls couldn’t take the “entry take a look at for bachelor, grasp and doctorate ranges” and that if any college disobeys the edict, “authorized motion can be taken towards the violator.”
The letter was signed by Mohammad Salim Afghan, the federal government official overseeing scholar affairs at personal universities.
Entrance exams begin on Sunday in some provinces whereas elsewhere in Afghanistan, they start Feb. 27. Universities throughout Afghanistan observe a distinct time period timetable, attributable to seasonal variations.
Mohammed Karim Nasari, spokesman for the personal universities union, stated final month that dozens of personal universities threat closure due to the ban.
Afghanistan has 140 personal universities throughout 24 provinces, with round 200,000 college students. Out of these, some 60,000 to 70,000 are ladies. The schools make use of about 25,000 individuals.
Earlier this week, U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths and leaders of two main worldwide help organizations visited Afghanistan, following final week’s go to by a delegation led by the U.N.’s highest-ranking girl, U.N. Deputy Secretary-Common Amina Mohammed. The visits had the identical purpose — to attempt to reverse the Taliban’s crackdown on ladies and women, together with their ban on Afghan ladies working for nationwide and international humanitarian organizations.
