New Delhi: The Taliban had barred girls from going to school soon after they took over the reins in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of the US Army.
The terror group made several changes to the existing system, one of which was barring the girls from attending schools. This had prompted protests on the streets only to be undermined by the Taliban regime.
Following the Taliban move on the girls, several Afghan boys also have refrained from going to school to show solidarity with the schoolgirls of Afghanistan.
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, some boys in Afghanistan stayed put at home saying they would not turn up at school until schools are open for girls too.
“Women make up half the society. I will not show up at school until girls’ schools are open too,” an 18-year-old student of Class XII, Rohullah was quoted as saying by the WSJ.
“Girls study in the morning and boys in the afternoon. Male teachers teach boys and female teachers teach girls,” an Afghan teacher told the publication. According to some teachers in Kabul, girls who are low in spirits are still contemplating if they want to resume school.
“The education of girls is fixing a generation. The education of boys may affect a family, but the education of girls affects society,” a school principal, Mohammadreza was quoted as saying by the publication. “We are very closely following the matter so that girls can resume their education and complete their studies,” the principal said.
The Taliban government allowed high schools to reopen for only boys and male teachers. There was no mention of girl students or women teachers in the education ministry’s announcement declaring resumption of schools for boys in grades VII to XII from Saturday.
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