Schools in Faryab Province, Afghanistan: Observations from Site Visits at 17 Schools
Abstract
The United States has made significant investments in Afghanistan's education sector since the fall of the Taliban. Specifically, as of June 30, 2017, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reported that it has disbursed approximately $920 million for education programs in Afghanistan. USAID's programs have concentrated on teacher training, child literacy, community based education, textbook printing and distribution, and school construction or rehabilitation. The schools that have been constructed or rehabilitated by USAID include primary, lower secondary, and higher secondary schools; teacher training colleges; universities; kindergartens; and trade schools. USAID has claimed that the Afghan education sector is an area in which USAID programs "have contributed to measurable positive impacts on Afghanistan's development and stability." For example, in USAID's 2014 fact sheet on education in Afghanistan and in response to a 2013 SIGAR request for a list of its most successful programs in Afghanistan, USAID cited an increased student enrollment from 900,000 students in 2002 to 8 million in 2013 as evidence of overall progress in the sector.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 12, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1139860
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction