Rangina Hamidi, the last Minister of Education of the former government of Afghanistan, said in a conversation with the US Special Inspector General for the reconstruction of Afghanistan "SIGAR" that she has not seen any evidence to show that militancy is being taught in religious schools under the supervision of the Islamic Emirate.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Rangina Hamidi, the last Minister of Education of the previous government of Afghanistan, has said that she has not seen any evidence to show that militancy is being taught in religious schools under the supervision of the Islamic Emirate.
 
Mrs. Hamidi made these statements in an interview with the US Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
 
Hamidi said that while the term "jihadi schools" reminded him of schools in Pakistan where young boys were taught subjects related to militancy, including suicide bombings, he had seen no evidence that current jihadi schools were under The supervision of the Islamic Emirate provides such training.
 
According to the SIGAR report, Hamidi added that during his tenure at the Ministry of Education, he had evaluated the curriculum of the schools, which included reading the Quran and religious poems and discussing their meanings.
 
He added that schools have always been one of the two "educational pathways" for students in Afghanistan.
 
Hamidi said that due to the ban on girls' education in evening schools, "the opportunity to study freely should be considered for girls".
 
While the education of girls above the sixth grade has been banned, the Ministry of Education of the Islamic Emirate is working on revising the curriculum of schools.
 
The SIGAR report quoted the Secretary General of the United Nations as saying that there are currently 15,000 schools in Afghanistan.
 
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) told SIGAR that in August 2023, the Islamic Emirate approved the establishment of at least one jihadist school in each province.
 
The office said that while Afghanistan's version of the school system has historical roots, "what is new is the fact that the Taliban are introducing jihadi schools as part of the general Islamic education system."
 
Not long ago, Roza Otenbayeva, the special representative of the UN Secretary General in Afghanistan, said in the meeting of the Security Council of this organization that she does not supervise the schools and it is not clear what the themes of the schools consist of and whether modern subjects are included in the school curriculum or not.
 
Otenbayeva added that there is evidence that despite the closure of evening schools, girls are allowed to study in religious schools.