Before 2001, decades of conflict had left Afghanistan’s education system in tatters. Over the last ten years, however, there has been significant progress in improving education in the country and making it more accessible to Afghan children. More schools have been built and more children are enrolled in schools since 2001. According to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, there are an estimated 10.5 million children enrolled in school today compared to only 500,000, almost all boys, in 2001. Yet there is still a long way to go to make education accessible to all Afghan children.
According to Human Rights officials in Afghanistan, there are close to 6.5 million children who are “acutely vulnerable” which include an estimated 2 million orphans in the country. The number of orphans has been increasing because of the increased violence in recent years. These orphans are often forced to work as child laborers and have little or no prospect of going to school. Fortunately, there are several public and private orphanages in Afghanistan which provide shelter and access to education for these orphans.
Helping all children, especially the most vulnerable ones like the orphans, to have access to education is imperative for all governments. It is also important that the private sector helps in different ways to give our young children, boys and girls, an opportunity to learn and grow.
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