The Taliban, an Islamist power in Afghanistan, said that it would resume secondary education for girls on the 23rd, but on that day it announced a sudden postponement, and there were disappointing voices from the educational field.
In Afghanistan, the Taliban, who regained power in August last year, showed their own interpretation that it would be contrary to Islamic teachings for men and women to study in the same place. , There was a growing call for improvement from the international community.
Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Education under the Taliban said that it would resume secondary education for girls from the 23rd, but suddenly on that day, it will be postponed until a plan in line with Islamic teachings is formulated through government media. I announced.
On the 23rd, at some schools in the capital Kabul, female students went to school from the morning and classes were held, but due to the announcement, all classes were canceled halfway.
Lorna, a 12th grade student in Japan's third year of high school, said, "I was so happy that I could continue studying, but the postponement suddenly turned everything into sadness."
Teacher Karima Rahimiya said, "Why are students not allowed to attend school? Education is needed to develop Afghanistan without receiving foreign alms."
A spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Qatar, the Middle East, told NHK that "it was just postponed due to procedural issues", but if secondary education continues to prevent girls from attending school, It is expected that criticism from the international community will further increase.