How Do Schooling Deprived Girls Manage Spare Time?

Following the decision to ban girls’ schools and universities in Afghanistan, millions of high school students and hundreds of thousands of university goers have found it extremely challenging to adjust themselves to staying home all day long.

Some have come up with simple solutions just to make themselves busy.

Muskan, 14, being a student in grade seventh cannot go to school but has started drawing at home. She is also going to a private educational center to learn the English language and is being highly appreciated by her teachers.

Spogmai Amiri is another of the three million girls who are said to stay home. She was a student of grad tenth and wanted to study journalism or medical faculty.

She said he knew the situation would depress her so she started teaching English language to other girls.

“I am optimistic and I believe that all problems will get resolved one day. We should not lose our hopes. I believe that one day I will be able to return to my school.” Said spogmai Amiri.

Not only the students of schools but also university students are going through a very difficult phase of their life.

Maryam Khugyani, who was a student in the second year of medical faculty has now resorted to tailoring, the profession which is mostly related to uneducated girls and women in Afghanistan.

She says she has only managed to make herself busy as she has been free and at home for months now.

The Islamic Emirate has reasoned making a mechanism behind banning girls’ education that would be in line with religious and cultural values but there has been no news of the mechanism yet.