Kabul Aug 30 : Abdul Baqi Haqqani, acting head of the Taliban’s ministry of higher education, reportedly said that Afghan girls and boys will study in separate classes at universities in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.<\/p>\n
“Under the new system, girls will have the right to study. But they cannot study with boys in the same room,” he said\u00a0according to a report by Khaama News.<\/p>\n
Abdul Baqi Haqqani added, “Girls and boys will no longer be able to study together at universities and will, instead, study in separate classes in accordance\u00a0with Islamic law.”<\/p>\n
Haqqani made this statement at a meeting with the staff of the public and private universities of the country.<\/p>\n
The union of private universities, in turn, emphasised the problems they have been facing and asked that they be addressed during the meeting with the acting head of the Taliban’s ministry of higher education.<\/p>\n
FATWA BANNING CO-EDUCATION IN HERAT PROVINCE<\/p>\n
Last week, Khaama News had reported that Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s Herat province ordered public and private universities to not allow girls and boys to study in the same classrooms. The Taliban officials reportedly said that there is “no justification or alternative for continuing co-education.” This was the Taliban’s first ‘fatwa’ since\u00a0taking control of Afghanistan on August 15.<\/p>\n
Lecturers in Herat were worried that, due to the low number of female students at private universities, they will not be able to afford to create separate classrooms for women. This could lead to\u00a0several women students being deprived\u00a0of higher education.<\/p>\n