30 new buildings for schools in Ghazni soon.New buildings for 30 schools will be constructed in districts and capital city of the central Ghazni Ghazni (gŭz`nē), city (1981 est. pop. 31,200), capital of Ghazni prov., E central Afghanistan, on the Ghazni River. Located on the Kabul-Kandahar trade route, Ghazni is a market for sheep, wool, camel hair cloth, corn, and fruit. province with financial support from the World Bank, an official said on Thursday Thursday: see week. . Provincial education director Husni Mubarak Azizi told Pajhwok Afghan News the buildings would cost an estimated amount of 60 million afghanis. Azizi said it was an emergency project, under which the schools having no proper buildings had been prioritized. He said the new buildings would consist of four to eight rooms in order to lessen less·en v. less·ened, less·en·ing, less·ens v.tr. 1. To make less; reduce. 2. Archaic To make little of; belittle. v.intr. To become less; decrease. the housing problems of students. A school in old Ghazni city which was established this year is one of the schools which would have its own building next year. Arifa, a grade-9 student of the school, said that they have been studying in tents which were not a suitable place for the girls to study. She added that special attention should be paid to girls' education, because the girls can not study in open as boys can. Arifa expressed her happiness that their school would have classrooms next year. There are 555 schools in Ghazni and more than half of them do not have buildings. Copyright Pajhwok Afghan News. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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