By Elizabeth A Appleyard | Program Administrator
Recently AIL staff traveled from the head office in Kabul out to Daikundi Province. This is one of the most deprived areas and lacks facilities. It is a 24 hour walk from Kabul and many of the roads are difficult for vehicles to pass. The people are very poor but eager to learn and improve their lives. AIL provided a series of teacher training seminars, workshops and delivered food aid.
The staff were delighted to attend the graduation ceremony for the computer class at one of the Daikundi Province learning centers. 100 students, both male and female, received their certificates of achievement and all were very appreciative of the through grounding in computing skills that they had received. AIL started this center 10 years ago and thousands of students have graduated from it with a range of employable skills.
Mohammad said, “Students are happy to learn computing and most have gained practical work skills in computing. I do computer printing works in the city of Nili of the province. I am paid 7 thousand Afghani salary each month and this means I am self-supporting and can help my elderly father. This course changed my life.”
In August, AIL continued its expansion of the teacher training program and visited Daikundi, Balkh and Bamyan Provinces. In total, six teacher training and literacy seminars were held for 344 people including 106 men. The teacher training seminars run over 10 days and are comprehensive in approach and designed for teachers who have never had training in modern teaching methods. It is still the case that many teachers enter the job with only a high school education and no formal training.
Quality teachers are crucial to providing education to boys and keeping them in school and out of trouble. The men who attended the course now have modern teaching methods and can engage with male youth keeping them interested in learning. The more education a boy has the greater the opportunities he will have in life.
AIL changes the lives of boys and young men through its teacher training program and classes in computing offered at learning centers. Thank you for supporting this effort to give Afghan boys opportunity in life.
By Elizabeth A Appleyard | Program Administrator
By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Administrator
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