An Afghan woman just finished her college coursework. Then came the Taliban ban on college for women. Now she can’t get her diploma. So she – and others – are trying a different path to a degree.
have responded to this spike in demand by creating courses and offering scholarships to Afghan students, particularly women, to help them continue their education.
Learn Afghanistan offers vocational training for software development skills, but not university degrees. It currently enrolls more than 400 students. Nearly all courses are conducted online. Many take place in rooms with computers hooked up to generators, all in discreet locations to avoid Taliban detection.
Reshef is more optimistic that online courses could be stepping stones for Afghan students."Even if the Afghan government does not recognize online degrees, our Afghan students can use their degrees to obtain online jobs or apply to a graduate program at traditional brick and mortar institutions" globally, he says."A country in which only half of its population has access to college education is doomed to failure.
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