Afghanistan

BY: Andrea, Mackenzie & Megan

Education Facts in Afghanistan

In 2002, about 900,000 boys attended school, while

women and girls were completely unwelcome from
educational opportunities.

Boys and girls had to attend two different schools, in

the past couple years school have opened for both to
attend under the same room

The first school was built in 1903

American Education\Afghanistan
Education
Education

in America has no limit

Afghanistan

only has a limit of 10th grade, they

immigrate to the U.S and get college degrees.

When

the Soviet Union invaded the country there was an

estimate that there were more than 3,400 schools and
more than 83,000 teachers. By the late 1990s, only
over 300 schools were left with only about 2,000
teachers.

Afghanistan

memorizing.

had their ways of teaching, it was by

What licensure is needed to be a

teacher in Afghanistan?

Most women in Afghanistan only have schooling up to the 10th

grade.
The only schooling/training they get to become a teacher is the
5 session training
Said by a second grade teacher in Afghanistan, When I
started my teaching job, I knew nothing about the profession,
says Toorpaikai Roshangar, a second-grade teacher at Lamia-iShaheed girls school in Kabul. Over the past five years, Ms.
Roshangar has taken part in five training sessions supported by
UNICEF and the Ministry of Education. The sessions have
focused on textbook orientation, child development, classroom
management skills and child-centered teaching.

Are Teachers Safe in

Afghanistan?

The security is uneven throughout the whole country

Said by an Afghanistan teacher, The real dilemma

facing the teachers of Afghanistan has little to do with
students and supplies or with issues such as salary,
work hours and equipment. Death threats that come in
the form of letters from the Taliban dropped on their
doorsteps while they sleep letters that warn them to
stay away from the schools, to stop teaching or face the
consequences. Teachers are not welcomed in most
places in Afghanistan.

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What is needed education wise to be a teacher in the

United States?

Every educator is required for k-12 teaching

to have a four year degree/ Bachelors of
Education degree

Pre-School teacher in the United States is

required some or all of the following:
Associates Degree
High School Diploma
Certification
Here in the United States of America the
amount of schooling/training is drastically
different compared to what is required to be
a teacher in Afghanistan.

Nature, purpose and responsibilities of

the public education system in a
democratic society.

Gives the community an

opportunity to be a part of
the school
Equal opportunities
Free tuition
Teaching about society,
values and principals
Provide education for ENL
and special needs students
Held accountable for student
achievement

Accordingly, the public at

large including the 75
percent of households with
no children currently in
schoolhas an important
opportunity and a right to
be involved in and have a
say in the direction of the
public schools. In
education, that right is
unique to public schools.

Career Choices and

Opportunities

Andrea- skill Set:

Persuasion- Sales Rep
Writing- English/Literature Teacher
Mackenzie- Skill Set:
Instructing- Social worker teacher
Time Management- Community service manager

Megan- Skill Set:

Active Listening- Mental Health Counselor, Marriage/ Family
Counselor.
Monitoring- Chief Executive

Works Cited
"Female Teachers Help to Rebuild Afghanistan's Education System."
UNICEF. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
"Female Teachers Help to Rebuild Afghanistan's Education System."
UNICEF. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
"Summary." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015
Clifford, Mary Louise.The Land and People of Afghanistan.New York:
J. B. Lippincott, 1989.
Thomas C. Patterson, eds.Cultural Diversity in the United
States,2000.