KABUL: The Afghan government led by the Taliban has announced that high school of girls, who remain closed since the takeover of the country of August to the country, will be reopened in March, according to media reports.
In Afghanistan, the new academic year starts from March which also marks the first month of the new solar year, reports Khaama Press.
In a statement on Sunday, Minister of Education Ministry spokesman Aziz Ahmad Reyan said the Taliban was committed and optimistic to reopen the school for girls and it worked in this “serious and tireless”.
Reyan claimed the reason behind did not allow girls to attend classes in high school was because the Taliban created a safe system for girls.
“The Taliban does not have a problem with the education of girls that is why we have paid for a female teacher’s salary.
We will employ more female teachers for girls,” said a spokesman said the spokesman.
The next spokesman said that they were working on the capacity of female teachers and wanted to increase the number of these teachers so that only women taught girls.
If women’s teachers are not available in several regions, only male elderly teachers are allowed to educate female students, he added.
Girls were only allowed to attend class up to six because the Taliban rose power on August 15 last year, which made strong criticism in and abroad.
The spokesman’s statement came after US special representatives to Afghanistan Thomas West told BBC Pashto during the weekend that Washington and the international community intend to pay the salaries of school teachers if the Taliban allowed school to reopen, report tolo news.