Training Effective Afghan Teachers

The Afghan administration has instituted significant changes in the education system in Afghanistan. Local enforcement of new rules and procedures can vary and our staff are alert to what is required both nationally and locally.  One major change is the strict segregation of female and male, with students only taught by same gender teachers and no mixing in hallways, doorways or during recess and lunchtimes.

These changes mean we are shifting our teacher training program focus to training as many female teachers as we can to help bridge the gap in male vs female teacher numbers.  As previously reported, our teacher training program was restricted by Covid in 2021 and we were not able to train as many new teachers as we had hoped.

We now have in place a plan for 2022 that includes, 8 teacher training seminars which are 10 days long and will have 35 participants each. There will also be 16 mini teacher training workshops, which last a few hours and have 50 participants each.

In over 25 years of working in Afghanistan, AIL has always proved its ability to adapt to changing circumstances and to refocus its work as needed. These times are no different. We continue to do everything we can to improve the lives of the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan.

AIL Outreach 2021: 23,905 students, 18,132 PPE distributed, 6 health clinics, 50-bed Covid-19 hospital, 95,593 patient treatments, 59,888 health education, 13,050 food aid families served, 22 radio broadcasts daily, 8 hours of TV programs, 12 provinces reached. 

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Recent Developments in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has been stunned by recent developments and people are adapting as best they can, to a new situation which remains both unclear and uncertain as to the future.  AIL’s current priority is to provide urgently needed assistance to the thousands of displaced families who have flooded into Kabul and Herat. Some centers provide a staging point for aid. Our staff are all working, though offices currently are men only with women working from home. The centers are all female and await instructions from the Taliban with regard to procedures required for reopening centers to our students. Our clinics have expanded their capacity to cope with the large numbers of refugees that are in the area.

The Yacoobi private schools are open and operating under the rules that have been given such as dividing male and female. It is exam season and students are studying hard and sitting their exams as usual. It is a great credit to them and their teachers as everyone has heightened levels of fear, stress and anxiety. The private TV and Radio Meraj are not broadcasting but awaiting instructions in how to recommence and staff are creating content and archiving materials for broadcast at a later date.

We have been touched by the outreach of support and outpouring of donations to help the Afghan people. We thank you for standing by Afghanistan as it faces another humanitarian crisis on top of Covid-19 and drought. 

Teacher Training in 2021

Quality teachers are vital to creating a sustainable and effective education system which produces young people who are educated and able to cope in the modern world. AIL has a comprehensive teacher training program and continuing education classes for its trained teachers. Unfortunately, Covid-19 prevented some workshops from taking place but as facilities have opened up we have been able to hold teaching technique seminars for 153 people (122 female). Another 77 teachers (39 female) have attended mini workshops on a diverse range of subjects including, parent behavior, protection from Covid-19, behaving in society and advanced teaching methods. 

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