Turkish edu foundation pledges support

KABUL (Tolo News): Salleh Saghar, head of the Turkish Education Foundation in Afghanistan, pledged that Ankara is ready to help Afghanistan’s education sector. Officials of the Turkish foundation said that Turkey is committed to providing better services for Afghanistan’s education sector and will launch joint projects in the future with the aim of aiding the country’s growth.
“We might not be able to eliminate the problems of the (Ministry of Education), but as an international organization, we will be serving the people and the Afghan nation. With the experience we have in education, and the available resources in our hands, we will be serving you,” said Salleh Saghar, head of the Turkish Education Foundation in Afghanistan.
The head of the Turkish Foundation in Afghanistan said his country’s assistance in improving education in Afghanistan will increase. “In the future, in cooperation with the Minister and their supporters, we will continue our training and support in the education sector,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Acting Minister of Education of Afghanistan welcomed Turkey’s support for the education sector and said that in the last four decades the education sector has suffered the most. “There are a lot of rules on paper about education, but in terms of quality it needs a lot of strengthening and help to enable Afghanistan education to stand on its own feet,” said Noorullah Munir, Acting Minister of Education.
“We say to them: you are not guests here, this is your house and you should accept it as your own house,” said Khairullah Khairkhwa, Acting Minister of Information and Culture. The Turkish Education Foundation has established about 50 schools in eight provinces of Afghanistan, where students are taught by Turkish and Afghan teachers.