A father who considers educating his daughters a duty

A resident of central Sharana of Paktika province named Mia Khan travels 12 kilometers on a motorbike daily to get his daughters to school and then waits some hours for the school’s dismissal bell to take his daughters back to home. This has now become a routine for him.

Mr. Mia Khan says: “I am illiterate, and I live on daily wage, but my daughters’ education is very valuable to me because there is no female doctor in our area. It is my greatest desire to educate my daughters like my sons”.

The three daughters of Mr. Mia Khan are now studying at the Nooraniya School for Girls, two of them are in the sixth grade and one is in the fifth grade. According to him, this school was chosen because of the quality of its lessons.

The three daughters of Mr. Mia Khan are now studying at the Nooraniya School for Girls, two of them are in the sixth grade and one is in the fifth grade. According to him, this school was chosen because of the quality of its lessons.

An estimated 3.7 million children are out-of-school in Afghanistan – 60% of them are girls.

Afghanistan’s education system has been devastated by more than three decades of sustained conflict. For many of the country’s children, completing primary school remains a distant dream – especially in rural areas and for girls – despite recent progress in raising enrolment.