Helmand’s Babaji district faces education crisis amid school shortage

HELMAND (TOLONews): Several residents of Babaji district in Helmand province are urging the Islamic Emirate to build more schools in various areas of the district.

These residents say that due to a lack of sufficient schools, most children in the district are deprived of education.

Abdul Qudoos, a resident of Babaji district, told TOLOnews: “We ask the Islamic Emirate to build schools for our children in Babaji district because there is only one school here that has been operational since the government of Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan. More schools need to be built. Around 70% of our children are deprived of education.”

Sardar Wali, another resident of the district, said: “We have only one school in the center of Babaji district. We are demanding an increase in the number of schools and strengthening of the education process to provide proper education for our children in this district.”

However, the Helmand Directorate of Education says it has begun efforts to improve educational development in Babaji and other remote areas of the province.

Mohammad Awaz Ansari, head of the Helmand Education Department, stated: “Work is underway on rebuilding school buildings and constructing new ones in other parts of Babaji district. We are striving to resolve the educational challenges of students not only in Babaji but also in other remote regions in the future.”

According to the Helmand Education Department, more than 400 schools are currently operating in the province, where thousands of students are receiving education.