RASC News Agency: Several recent school graduates have reported that their diplomas, issued by the Taliban’s Ministry of Education, are riddled with spelling errors. These graduates claim that when they applied for academic scholarships, their documents were deemed fraudulent and invalid due to these inaccuracies. The majority of the errors are in English, though some also appear in Persian. Names and dates are incorrectly recorded, leading to the rejection of these documents as forgeries.
Several graduates have shared their certificates with the media, asserting that the errors are the fault of the Taliban’s Ministry of Education, affecting tens of thousands of students who now require new, corrected certificates. They state that when they submit their documents for scholarships, embassies reject them as fraudulent. As a result, many students have lost scholarship opportunities, including from countries like Pakistan, due to issues with their documents.
One graduate from Kabul remarked, “The diplomas of refugees living in Pakistan also contain spelling mistakes. Due to a lack of visas or the high cost of visas, they cannot return to Afghanistan to resolve these issues.”
Graduates further express frustration over being charged 700 Afghanis to correct errors in their certificates, despite previously paying 350 kabuli rupees for the original documents. They also criticize the unprofessional conduct of the staff in the certification department of the Ministry of Education, accusing them of delays and making excuses, which exacerbates the issue.
