1. Afghanistan EFA MDA National Report

2. Introduction
Population: 24 million(12.3 million males, 11.7 million females)
Religion: 99% Islam
National languages: Pushto and Dari
Local official languages: Uzbaki, Turki, Pamiri, Baluchi, Pashai, Nuristani
Economy: about 50% ordinary(operational) budget is from internal income and reminded ordinary budget and the total of development budget are from external donors
Politic: Governmental system is mixed of presidential and parliamentary
Geography: 34 provinces, middle weather(climate), mountainous country

3. Trends in Educational Development

4. Unreached Groups Girls Rural-Urban Differences in Access Kuchies
Children with disabilities

5. Constitution Article forty three:
Education is the right of all the people of Afghanistan that is ensured to be free up to bachelor degree in the governmental educational institutions.
The government is obliged to planning and implementation the effective programs for balanced universalized education in all over Afghanistan and the compulsory middle education and has to provide teaching condition in native language for local area.

6. Education Structure I Ministry of Education
General education, grade 1 -12:
Basic education, grade 1-9(free and compulsory):
Primary education (grade 1-6)
Formal primary schools
Community based schools
Accelerated learning program
Middle or lower secondary education (7-9)
Upper secondary education, grade 10-12
Islamic education, grade 1-14
Technical and vocational education:
Three years program, grade 10-12
Two years program, grade 13-14
Teacher education college:
Five years program, grade 10-14
Literacy programs:
Literacy courses
Community learning center(CLC)

7. Education Structure II
Ministry of Higher Education
Bachelor degree
Master degree

8. Education Structure III
Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs
Nursery program
kindergarten program
Short term vocational training program

9. Afghanistan National Development Strategy(ANDS) Forum
EFA Coordination
Afghanistan National Development Strategy(ANDS) Forum
Education Consultative Group (ECG)

10. Integration of the National Education Development Strategy in national development Strategy
Afghanistan National Development Strategy(ANDS) Document:
Education Sector Strategy
Infrastructure &Natural Resources Strategy
Health Strategy
Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights Strategy
Economic Governance and Private Sector Development Strategy
Agriculture & Rural Development Strategy
Social Protection Strategy
Security Strategy

11. Integration of the EFA National Action Plan in National Education Development Strategy
National Education strategic Plan:
Islamic education
General education Program
Technical/vocational education Program
Adult literacy and non-formal education Program
Teacher education and working conditions Program
School construction and school mapping Program
Curriculum development Program
Management capacity and public administration reform Program

12. Existing situation analysis of the ECCE Goal
There is no formal policy or system related to early childhood education.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs runs approximately 200 kindergartens in the country but these are essentially day care centers without a strong educational component and are run primarily for the children of government employees. programs
The Ministry of Education is responsible for developing a curriculum outline for pre-school education but, this has not yet been completed.

13. ECCE New Program
Develop policies, regulations and guidelines for pre-school education and establish eight pilot pre-school centers by 2010

14. Progress in Achieving UBE Goal

15. Progress in Achieving UBE Goal

16. LevelGPR-OverallGPR-RuralGPR-UrbanPrimary56. 147. 475
LevelGPR-OverallGPR-RuralGPR-UrbanPrimary Lower secondary Higher secondary Total Grades

17. Gender Disparity UBE

18. Education for Special groups in UBE
Kuchies (nomadic, semi-nomadic)
there are more than 2.4 million Kuchi in Afghanistan
Kuchi children attending school is 6.6% for boys and 1.8% for girls
Children with disabilities:
196,000 school-aged children with disabilities
only 22.4% of them (15% of girls) are attending regular government schools
More than 75% of them have not accessed school for any period of time
drop-out rate for students who do enroll is high – more than 75% drop out during primary school and the number of those completing secondary and continuing to higher education is less than one percent

19. Quality of UBE
The quality of education in Afghanistan is perceived to be quite low and is affected by multiple factors:
lack of teachers with a thorough content-based knowledge and an understanding of effective teaching methods
the lack of safe, conducive learning spaces
lack of quality teaching and learning materials (including textbooks

20. Challenges in Implementation of UBE goal: Female Teachers

21. Challenges in Implementation of UBE goal: Qualified Teachers

22. Challenges in Implementation of UBE goal: Qualified Teachers

23. Challenges in Implementation of UBE goal: Infrastructure
Number of Schools: 8,397
Useable:2,080
Without buildings:3,851
Needing rehabilitation: 1,123
Needing expansion:1,361

24. Challenges in Implementation of UBE goal: Multiple Shift Schools

25. UBE New Program
By 2010 the net enrolment rate for boys and girls in primary grades will be at least 75% and 60% respectively
To build a national cadre of qualified primary and secondary school teachers to improve the learning achievements of all primary and secondary school students
To improve access to education and the quality of learning spaces by constructing, rehabilitating and furnishing schools throughout the country
To develop a quality modern national curriculum for primary and secondary schools built on moderate Islamic principles that will meet national, regional and international standards

26. Progress in Achieving Life Skill Goal
Development “Life Skill” Text Book for Grade 1-3
Technical and Vocational Schools:42
Technical and Vocational Student:9,011 (8,029 Male, 982 Female)

27. Challenges in Implementation of Life Skill goal: T&V Schools Qualified Teachers
Qualifications
Number of teachers
% of Total
Grade 12
199
29.5%
Grade 14
247
36.7%
Bachelor’s
175
26.0%
Master 53
7.8%
Total
674
100%

28. Challenges in Implementation of Life Skill goal: Infrastructure
Number of T&V Schools: 42
Completely damaged :10
Partially damaged :16

29. Challenges in Implementation of Life Skill goal: T&V Schools Curriculum
The existing curriculum in the technical and vocational schools has not been updated for almost 30 years

30. Life Skill New Program
To provide relevant and quality technical and vocational educational opportunities that meet the needs of the labour market for post basic education students and all young and unemployed Afghans, male and female

31. Progress and Gaps in Achieving Literacy Goal
the estimated literacy rate of those aged 15 and above was 34% in 1383 (50% for men and 18% for women)
In rural areas where 74 percent of all Afghans live, however, an estimated 90 percent of women and 63 percent of men cannot read, write and do a simple math computation (MRRD 2003). The rates are only somewhat better in urban areas.

32. Challenges in Implementation of Literacy goal
Literacy facilitators: Among existing facilitators, 27% have not completed Grade 12
Learning spaces
Curriculum
Community participation

33. Literacy New Program
To develop a long-term literacy programme to empower communities and individuals to build a productive, secure, literate nation

34. Challenges to Providing Education
Policy and budget
Economic factors
Social and cultural factors
Geographic factors
School factors (facilities, human resources, teaching resources)
Security
Child labor