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Safeguarding Afghan
schools
During the last two years there have been
many difficulties with schools in
the East and Southern parts of Afghanistan. These schools have been
attacked by extremist groups or closed due to the poor security
situation.
As a result of this, more than 200,000 Afghan school-age children have
been
denied the right to education.
According to
Afghan education authorities, more than eighty teachers and
children during last two years were barbarically killed and fifty others
have
been injured.
Targeting schools to kill teachers and children are deeply unsettling to
education authorities and amongst local communities.
Education makes up one of the main pillars of securing a better future
for
Afghanistan.Without educated people it will be extremely difficult,
after
three decades of destructive war, to rebuild this war-ravaged country
and
it's shattered economy,by attacking schools and other educational
institutions, the extremists are targeting the country's future to
ensure
that Afghanistan remains an undeveloped country for a long time.
Today one of the major
challenges of Afghan education authorities is to
protect schools and education facilities from Taliban attacks. One of
the
most effective ways of protecting schools in these volatile regions is
to
establish community based school defence groups, fortunately in the
past
few months many schools in
the Paktiya, Khost, and Paktika provinces
have been saved by local
communities.
In the province of Laghman,
the education authorities have initiated
another way to secure schools, according to this initiative, each school
has assigned a group of school children (Boy and Girl Scouts) to explain
the need of education and protection of schools among local
community.
To realize this plan, the education authorities of Laghman asked
HASCO
to assist them by providing the uniforms of Boy Scouts (Zarandoi) and
Girl
Scouts (Zaranjoni).
Scouts have a long history
in Afghanistan, Afghan Scout beside their
community service work
in the schools acting as hall monitors,
crossing guards and honour
guard for their school.
HASCO was able to honour
this request, and with the aid of the Austrian
education authorities provided 200 sets of uniforms for both girls and
boys.
These new uniforms will be used by the Scouts during their duties.
HASCO director Mr Hafizullah Khaled has expressed his appreciation to
the
Education authorities of Austria and hopes that such kind assistance
will
continue in the future.
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