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Project Overview
Twenty years of war has caused the collapse of Afghanistan's education system. School buildings have been destroyed or damaged by the ongoing conflict, and classes have been abandoned as civilians fled areas of heavy fighting.

Islamic Relief has undertaken the Paghman Education Project to reconstruct destroyed school buildings in the Paghman district, allowing boys and girls from almost 50 villages to go back to their schools.

Project Background
Afghanistan has one of the lowest sets of social indicators in the world.

The twenty years of war and internal conflicts have resulted in the complete destruction of social and economic infrastructure.

The destruction includes virtual collapse of the education system in terms of physical and human resources.

Public buildings, including schools, have been seriously damaged. Civil unrest did not spare teachers either and many were forced to leave jobs. According to estimates, more than 2,000 teachers have been killed in war and affected by internal displacement and migration.

Project Goal
• To repair, renovate or where necessary, reconstruct physical infrastructure of selected existing schools in the Paghman area.
• In the short term, to enable classes to be conducted at the schools.
• In long term, to increase Gross enrolment Ratio, decrease the dropout ratio, and reduce disparities between access of boys & girls to primary education.

Project Activities
The Memorandum of Understanding will clearly outline mutual responsibilities of Education Directorate and Islamic Relief. School identification process will be undertaken and an expert civil engineer will assess that exact nature of the work to be carried out.

Upon completion of the activities, a certification will be given highlighting the work that has been carried out and that it has been done according to the required standards.

Beneficiaries
There are eight primary schools, five middle and four high schools. These schools are providing education to 14,500 students