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Afghanistan: approval of proposal that will separate men and women in universities

2021-09-06T00:18:35.080Z


The proposal will separate female and male college students from Afghanistan for the new semester that begins Monday.


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Afghanistan's Ministry of Higher Education, which is run by the Taliban, has approved a proposal on separating male and female college students for the new semester that begins Monday.

The Ministry approved a detailed proposal submitted by the Afghanistan Universities Union, which represents 131 colleges and universities across the country.

According to the proposal, "all students, teachers and employees are obliged to wear the hijab according to sharia."

The hijab covers the hair but not the face.

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Details on Afghanistan's New Education Proposal

Female and male students must enter the university through separate entrances.

Mixed classes are only allowed when the number of female students is less than 15, and the classroom must be divided by a curtain.

New classes at private universities should be separate for men and women, the proposal says.

There are also rules to ensure that male and female students do not enter the classroom together.

Furthermore, according to the proposal, "all universities are required to designate a separate area for female students to perform their prayers."

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"In the future, universities should try to recruit female teachers for female students. In the meantime, efforts must be made to appoint older female teachers who are known to be trustworthy to teach female students," the proposal says.

Some universities will have problems applying the proposal

Dr. Waheed Roshan, vice-chancellor of the private Bakhtar University in Kabul, said the institution would comply with the proposal, but for many universities the logistics would be challenging.

He told CNN that Bakhtar - where about 20 percent of the 2,000 students are women - could teach classes for male and female students in separate shifts.

However, other schools may have trouble placing separations within their classrooms, Roshan said.

This is what some Afghan students think

CNN also spoke with several female students about the new proposal.

Sahar, 21, who is studying political science, said she was glad the Taliban had not banned women from college, but called the new rules extreme.

"There are many students in Kabul who grew up in a free environment where they had the opportunity to choose what to wear and which university to attend or whether to sit in a classroom with the men or not, but now it will be too difficult for them to adapt to these norms. extreme, "he commented.

He said that even before the Taliban took power, women wore modest clothing and that he did not see the need for further restrictions.

She also commented that she would try to resume her studies with the new standards, but was not sure she would be able to continue for long.

Ziba, another student in her early 20s from Kabul, said she plans to give up hope of graduating from university, due to the security situation and because the Taliban may impose stricter conditions in the future.

He pointed out that it was better to stay home.

He asked CNN not to use his real name.

But 19-year-old Mina Qasem, who graduated from high school last year, said she was excited to start college.

"I will wear whatever type of hijab they ask me, as long as they keep universities open for women. I am very excited to start my next chapter in life and my sister, who is finishing high school this year, will also apply for a place at one of the private universities by the end of the year. "

Mina says that if women want to have a voice in the future, they have to educate themselves whatever the circumstances.

From Tim Lister, from CNN in Spain;

Radina Gigova, in Atlanta;

and a CNN Afghanistan contributor outside the country that we will not name for security reasons.

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Source: cnnespanol

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