KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): The medical faculty of Kandahar University was closed by students on Thursday after a failed armed fellow forced the faculty dean to sign his documents under duress.
KABUL (PAN): Authorities in Kabul have been informed about the death of five Afghan students in the Istanbul city of Turkey due to a gas leak in a house, an official said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): Iran has offered 500 scholarships to Afghan students through establishing an international caliber university in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Higher Education said on Monday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): More than two thousand people, a majority of them females, on Sunday received certificates on completing an eight-month literacy course in northern Balkh province, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): Buildings for a dozen vocational institutes are being constructed at a cost of $6 million in different provinces next year, a senior education official said Sunday.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Two schools reopened in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, seven years after they were closed due to security threats, an official said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): Private sector education institutes are required to respond effectively to emerging student needs, President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): All 33 schools in the Garmser district of southern Helmand province have been reopened with cooperation from residents, officials said on Monday.
