Modernization Is the Only Way Forward

The government representative for public reforms, Ahmad Zia Masoud while speaking says the current conflicts and instability won’t be finished unless Afghanistan moves forward upgrading its educational system.

Masoud believes educational institutions across the country deeply lack quality, citing most lecturers don’t have required academic capacities.

“One of the main reasons of the current conflicts in the country is the traditional social structures of Afghanistan,” Masoud further added.

While ministry of higher education accepts deficiencies in Afghanistan academic sphere, but insists on bringing needed reforms.

“We have some problems in higher education’s system. Most of our lecturers only think of promotions. We will also trying to bring changes on academic research projects. We will fight back with corruption and sexual harassments,” Afghan minister of higher education, Farida Mohmand said during a meeting with the special representative of the President on administrative reforms affairs.

Currently, 38 state-owned universities are operating across Afghanistan, with 128 private universities busy educating thousands of students in the country, but their curriculum quality has always been questioned.