Millennium Development Goal 2 ‘Education for All’

Date: Dec 02, 2011


Millennium Development Goal 2, ‘Education for All’ is being pursued by the Afghan government and many non-governmental organisations in Afghanistan. Afghan Connection along with its 3 partner organisations – The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, People in Peril (Slovakia) and the Jaan Tonisson Institute (Estonia), held a MDG 2 Awareness Event at the House of Parliament on the 24th of November. Mr. Farooq Wardak, Minister for Education was able to clarify the difficulties faced by the government in providing an education for Afghans around the country. A copy of a letter wherein difficulties faced by Afghan students were expressed was presented to Mr. Farooq Wardak, Minster for Education and Rt.Hon. Alan Duncan, The Minister for International Development in the UK.
The main objective of MDG 2 is to ensure that by 2020, children throughout Afghanistan will be able to complete a full course of primary education.

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