Taliban announced a ban on Female students from university entrance exams in Afghanistan for School 2023 yearaccording to the letter sent to private Universities and higher Educational institutions on Saturday.
The note comes weeks though of Condemnation and pressure from before international community for reflection of Restrictive measures women, including two freedoms back-to-back Visits this month by several senior United Nations officials. He. She also bodes ill for She hopes the Taliban will take it steps to reverse their decrees at any time soon.
Taliban prevented women from private And public universities last Month. the higher education minister in Taliban-run governmentNidaa Muhammad Nadeem stressed that the ban is necessary to prevent mixing of races in Universities – and because he believes that some of the subjects taught are inconsistent with the principles of Islamic law.
Work was in progress for fix These issues, universities will be reopened for women He said that once it was resolved in television interview.
Taliban have made Similar promises are made about middle and high schools for girls accesssaying that lessons will resume for Once sorted “technical issues” about uniforms and transportation out. But girls remain shut out of Classrooms after the sixth grade.
Ministry of Higher Education spokesman Ziaullah Hashemi said Saturday that a reminder message private Universities do not allow women To take entrance exams out. He did not give enough details.
Copy of The common message with The Associated Press (AP) warned about this women Can’t take ‘entry test for Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level “and that in case any university disobeys the decree,” legal action will be taken against violator.”
The letter was signed by Muhammad Salem Afghani government official Supervision student affairs in private universities.
entrance exams start on Sunday in Some provinces, while in others in Afghanistan, hmm begin on February 27th. Universities across Afghanistan follow Different term Schedule due to seasonal differences.
Muhammad Karim Nasari, the official spokesman for the private universities unionHe said last This month dozens of private universities risk close due of the ban.
Afghanistan has 140 private universities across 24 provinces, with About 200,000 students. Outside of Those, about 60,000 to 70,000 are women. Universities employ about 25,000 people.
Earlier this week, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths and leaders of Two main international Aid organizations visited Afghanistan, below last Weekly visit of a delegation headed by the United Nations highest- Ranked lady, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed. The visits had the same goal – to try to stop the Taliban’s repression on women And girls, including ban them on Afghan women Action for national And global humanitarian organisations.
