All you need to know about education in Afghanistan
A selection of websites from our database is provided below concerning the following topics:
- Springe zu: Overviews of the education system in Afghanistan
- Springe zu: Educational reports on and education statistics for Afghanistan
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Overviews of the education system in Afghanistan
TVET Country Profiles: Afghanistan 
Afghanistan
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Country Profiles aim to provide concise, reliable and up-to-date information on TVET systems worldwide.This country profile provides information and key statistics on vocational training in Afghanistan and their formal education system. [...]
Education in Afghanistan (World Education News and Reviews, WENR) 
Afghanistan
This page provides an overview of the Afghan education system and offers an infographic with some statistical data. Reference is made to the international student mobility of Afghan students and teacher trainings, plus exemplary Afghan (degree) certificates can be viewed on this page. Also listed and linked are important [...]
Education Profile Afghanistan - Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER) 
Afghanistan
The PEER's Education Profile on Afghanistan, whose profiles are based on the Unesco Global Education Monitoring (GEM), addresses the topics of inclusion in education, financing of education and the education system, and non-state actors in education. Additional topics are planned.
Statistics Afghanistan - UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 
Afghanistan
The UIS presents some statistical data on education and literacy in Afghanistan in graphical form. In addition, stastics on the categories of Science, Technology and Innovation as well as Culture can be viewed on this website.
Education xxvii. in Afghanistan - Encyclopædia Iranica 
Afghanistan
This article gives an overview of the history of education in Afghanistan. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 1990s.
Annual Progress Reports 1389/2010 + 1399/2020 (Ministry of Education of Afghanistan) [pdf] 
Afghanistan
We link to two education reports from the Ministry of Education of Afghanistan, which were produced relatively far apart from each other. No other such education reports could be found for other years:
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Educational reports on and education statistics for Afghanistan
International Human Development Indicators - Country Profiles 
international; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia [...]
This page provides a country list with fact sheets on the Human Development Index (HDI). The index focuses on three measurable dimensions of human development: health, education and standard of living. The fact sheets are [...]
Literacy Facts and Figures in Asia and the Pacific 
Asia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Afghanistan; Papua New Guinea; Maldives; India; China, People's Republic of; Malaysia [...]
The site introduces the subject by listing the per centage of literacy in around twenty countries in the Asian-Pacific region. Each country can be accessed individually, moreover, it is possible to search publications, [...]
TVET Country Profiles: Afghanistan 
Afghanistan
The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Country Profiles aim to provide concise, reliable and up-to-date information on TVET systems worldwide.This country profile provides information and key statistics on vocational training in Afghanistan and their formal education system. [...]
Education in Afghanistan (World Education News and Reviews, WENR) 
Afghanistan
This page provides an overview of the Afghan education system and offers an infographic with some statistical data. Reference is made to the international student mobility of Afghan students and teacher trainings, plus exemplary Afghan (degree) certificates can be viewed on this page. Also listed and linked are important [...]
Education Profile Afghanistan - Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER) 
Afghanistan
The PEER's Education Profile on Afghanistan, whose profiles are based on the Unesco Global Education Monitoring (GEM), addresses the topics of inclusion in education, financing of education and the education system, and non-state actors in education. Additional topics are planned.
The right to education: what’s at stake in Afghanistan? A 20-year review 
Afghanistan
This report from 2021 takes stock of the achievements in education made by Afghanistan over the past 20 years and of the remaining challenges and gaps that need addressing urgently against the backdrop of deep political change in the country. The analysis is based on selected information and education indicators from the public [...]
Afghanistan Education Sector Analysis 
Afghanistan
The Afghanistan's Education Sector Analysis outlines the priorities of the Government in the Education sector such as improving quality, internal efficiency and education outcomes, and improving access and effectively addressing education sector inequities (gender, rural/ urban divide, poor/ non poor). It also recalls that there [...]
Statistics Afghanistan - UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 
Afghanistan
The UIS presents some statistical data on education and literacy in Afghanistan in graphical form. In addition, stastics on the categories of Science, Technology and Innovation as well as Culture can be viewed on this website.
Planipolis - Education Plans and Policies: Afghanistan 
Afghanistan
The database Planipolis provides official fulltext documents on educational policy and planning from UNESCO member states. For Afghanistan you can find documents starting in the year 2000. Planipolis is provided by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
Annual Progress Reports 1389/2010 + 1399/2020 (Ministry of Education of Afghanistan) [pdf] 
Afghanistan
We link to two education reports from the Ministry of Education of Afghanistan, which were produced relatively far apart from each other. No other such education reports could be found for other years:
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