Excerpt: Officials like Bashir Ahmad Abed, headmaster of the Sadeqi school, says even if a student has a book, there’s no guarantee he or she can read it: Many books are too complicated for the students.
That’s in large part because most kids aren’t getting any kind of early childhood education, says Mindy Visser, the national education adviser for the Aga Khan Foundation in Afghanistan.
“Maybe their parents are illiterate so they haven\’t been exposed to reading material or even words very often before they enter school,” says Visser.
via Are Afghanistan’s Schools Doing As Well As Touted? : Parallels : NPR.
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