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Afghanistan

Year Conducted: 2015, 2012

Quick Facts
Name of Organization/ Institution Level of Schooling Formal or Non-formal Public or Private Which Languages Number of Children reached by level of schooling Location Use of language in classroom (see explanations below) Materials in classroom
SERVE Afghanistan PR NFE n/a Southeast Pashayi (psi) F: 351 & M: 486 = 837 Dara-i-Noor/ Shewa districts of Nangarhar Province Mother-tongue only and then L2 as second language 33 MT books
SERVE Afghanistan PR NFE n/a Southeast Pashayi (psi) F: 50 & M: 75 = 125 Dara-i-Noor/ Shewa districts of Nangarhar Province Mother-tongue only and then L2 as second language 34 MT books
Ministry of Education PR FE PUB & PRI L1: Southern Pashto (pbt) or Eastern Fari (prs) F: 2,141,833 & M: 3,149,791 = 5,291,624 All province of Afghanistan 1 Language textbooks
are developed in
Southern Uzbek (uzs),
Turkmen (tuk),
Western Balochi (bgn),
Southeast Pashayi (psi), Kati (bsh), Pamiri (Shughni (sgh), Wakhi (wbl)), and Gujari (gju)
Ministry of Education Lower Secondary FE PUB & PRI L1: Southern Pashto (pbt) or Eastern Fari (prs) F: 513,320 & M: 952,238 = 1,465,558 All province of Afghanistan 1
Ministry of Education Upper Secondary FE PUB & PRI L1: Southern Pashto (pbt) or Eastern Fari (prs) F: 246,648 & M: 478,672 = 725,320 All province of Afghanistan 1

Explanations

Name of organisation / institution: 

Give the name of the organisation(s) (NGO, local association, etc) or institution (church, pagoda, temple, university etc.) which is initiating and supporting the action. This can include government agencies and institutions. Please specify type of involvement, e.g. initiator, lead actor, funder and implementer.

Level of schooling:

Identify whether action is at the pre-primary level (PP) or at the primary /elementary level (PR). The mapping is focusing only on these two levels of education.

Formal or Non-formal:

Identify whether action is:

1. in the formal (FE) or non-formal (NFE); and
2. in the government education system (Govt) or outside the government system by non-state providers (NSP).

Public or private:

Identify whether the action is happening in the public education (PUB) system or private (PRI). If this does not apply to your country, write n/a.

Which language:

Give the name of the local or minority language(s) which the action includes. If possible, see your country’s section on the Ethnologue.com (http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp?place=Asia) and find the relevant 3-letter ISO language code for these languages.

Number of children:

Give the number of children reached by school level (pre-primary and primary/elementary). Please disaggregate by gender (i.e. M: and F:),

Location of action:

Give sub-national location of action(s) either province or district

Use of language in classroom:

Identify how language is used in the classroom by using the descriptors below. Choose the most appropriate one. You can choose more than one.

1. Language of instruction (LOI) is the learners’ mother tongue (MT or L1)  and their second language (L2) .
2. Language of instruction is the mother tongue only.
3. The second language is officially the language of instruction.
4. Language of instruction is the second language with MT as subject.
5. Mother tongue is used orally, no written materials – officially.
6. Mother tongue is used orally, no written materials – unofficially.
7. Second language (L2) is taught as second language.

Materials in classroom:

Are there teaching and learning materials in MT in classroom? Yes or no. If yes, estimate the number of titles in MT.