RASC News Agency: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) says that due to the lack of funds in the education sector, the lessons of 2,800 local classes will be suspended until August and the lessons of 3,300 local classes for children in Afghanistan will be stopped until October.
OCHA wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, August 8 that more than 166,000 children are currently studying in these classes; 52 percent of them are girls.
This United Nations agency has also said that the lack of funds in 800 local schools will affect the quality of the educational environment of 80,000 children.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) previously said that in 2023, it has provided and distributed textbooks, pens and teaching aids to six million children in Afghanistan.
Nevertheless, OCHA says that 1.2 million children will not receive school materials due to lack of funds.
In May, the Ministry of Education under the administration of the Taliban group asked the United Nations to take the process of training the local schools from “Non-Governmental Organizations” and hand it over to this Ministry.
Before this, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) financed the financial facilities of these classes.
OCHA said in early August of this year that due to lack of budget, food aid to 13 million people was stopped and 262 health centers were also closed.
The United Nations has said that 29.2 million people need humanitarian aid in Afghanistan this year, but the United Nations agencies have the ability to help with 21.3 million people.
OCHA has said that they needs $3.2 billion in funding this year; of which 1.3 billion have not been prepared until now.
Previously, the World Food Program had said that due to the reduction of the international community’s aid to Afghanistan, this agency will not have a budget to continue helping the people of Afghanistan after October of this year.
