UN Envoy hails progress of Afghan schools during Global Action Week for Education

23.04.08 - 21:01 ... source : Unicef

... Kabul, 23 April 2008 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General forAfghanistan (SRSG), Kai Eide today lauded the progress made by Afghanistan’sschools during a week of international action calling for the inclusive education of all school age children around the globe. Speaking during a visit to Amani High School in the Afghan capital, SRSG Eide said: "Education is a fundamental right for every human being, it fosters dignity, freedom and is vital if we are to enable Afghanistan to mobilize all the resources of its people. Afghanistan can be proud of the tremendous progress that Afghan schools have made under the leadership of the Ministry of Education. "Before 2001 there were fewer than a million children in school and girls were all but excluded from mainstream education. Today over six million children attend schools and over 330 000 girls started school for the first time this ye ...» Next (HTML)