RASC: Girls students say that they go to the madrassa and learn madrassa (religious schools) after the middle and high schools are closed.
These students want the Taliban group to open schools for girls.
Mubashera is in the twelfth grade of school and now she is studying religious sciences in a seminary. She has the following request from the Taliban group: “It is true that through madrassa we can become Hafiz of the Qur’an, become religious scholar and learn the science of the Qur’an, but it cannot replace our education. “We cannot become doctors through a madrassa.”
Alina, another student, said: “In school, we can only become Hafiz and religious scholar and know our God.”
The Ministry of Guidance, Hajj and Endowments of the Taliban group says that six thousand seminaries are registered with this ministry.
Meanwhile, a number of women’s rights activists believe that the continuation of restrictions against women and girls will harm the country’s educational system.
Haditha Shamal, a women’s rights activist, says: “The closure of schools and universities has dealt a heavy blow to the education system, and this shows that the Afghanistan/Khorasan society is moving towards paralysis.”
More than forty days have passed since the beginning of the new academic year in the country; But still middle and high schools are closed to girls.
