Afghanistan Back to School Audio Package - Afghanistan

The feature, whose total audio time is 4 hours and 52 minutes, may be downloaded in MP3 format and narrator script at UNICEF site. The material consists of audio clips and a script in English for a narrator, recorded and written by UNICEF.

Main sequences include:

• Interview clips with the Afghan Deputy Education Minister, teachers, children, and a UNICEF field worker; and
• sounds of repairs being made to schools, classroom teaching, and a family at home.

Development Issues
Children, Education.

In Afghanistan, more than 20 years of war have taken a toll on the nation's schools. Since 1979, 2,000 schools have been destroyed or have fallen into disrepair and, according to the last available figures, only one third of boys and eight percent of girls were in primary education.