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Project Overview
The Kandahar Teacher Training High School was destroyed during the 23 years of civil war that plagued Afghanistan.

The destroyed building was major obstacle in offering the teacher training courses to large numbers of students.

By repairing and reconstructing the school building, hostel facility, and administration block, the project will introduce a new availability of trained teachers.

Project Background
The continuous 23 years of civil conflict forced teachers to migrate or change their profession. There was a significant gap in teachers' training courses.

The Kandahar Teachers Training School was one of the most important institutions providing teachers to five southern provinces of Helmand, Zabul, Urazgan, Ghazni and Kanahdar.

The school was built in 1962. In 1970 the school was upgraded and became the Institute of Higher Training.

Project Objectives
The long term objective of the project is to ensure availability of trained teachers for primary and secondary classed in Helamnd, Zabul, Urazgan, Nimroz and Kandahar Provinces.

In the short term, the project would contribute towards brining the atmosphere of stability and peace in Kandahar and would help the Kandahar Education Directorate to start refresher courses for primary and secondary school teachers, both male and female.

Project Activities
The teacher training center will be reconstructed and repaired in order to allow it to function properly again.

Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of the project will be the various schools throughout the five districts which will be provided with trained teachers to teach. The indirect beneficiaries will include the thousands of students that will benefit from the teachers who graduate from the training school.