Schools in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan: Observations From Site Visits at 5 Schools

Abstract

The United States has made significant investments in Afghanistan's education sector since the fall of the Taliban. While the majority of U.S. programs to support primary and secondary education in Afghanistan have been financed and managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Defense (DOD) has supported primary and secondary education since fiscal year 2004 through the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP). From fiscal year 2004 through fiscal year 2014, DOD, through CERP, spent approximately $142 million on 2,284 education-related projects. This review is the fifth in a series to assess the condition and usage of schools constructed or rehabilitated by either USAID or DOD. This review focuses on five CERP-constructed or -rehabilitated schools in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, costing taxpayers $836,641.97. As part of our ongoing examination of the Afghan education sector, we initiated this review to determine whether schools in Kapisa province that received CERP funds were open and operational, and to assess their condition. This review is not an assessment of specific CERP projects, or an examination into whether the schools were built or rehabilitated in accordance with contractual requirements, but rather a review of the operational and structural status of schools in Afghanistan that were either built or rehabilitated using CERP funds. To accomplish our objectives, we identified schools that received CERP funding for site inspection using a SIGAR-consolidated dataset on CERP programs that identifies obligation and disbursement data for all CERP projects through the second quarter of fiscal year 2015. We decided to conduct site inspections in Kapisa province based primarily on the total number of schools that were constructed or rehabilitated in the province. We visited a total of five such schools.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 13, 2017
Accession Number
AD1139847

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  • John Sopko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

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  • Education
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