Educational Activities of Massoud Foundation

We all know that education, as the foundation stone, has played an important role in the formation of civilizations throughout the history.

Elementary education, the secondary, the high school, the vocational, and the higher education are the main pillars of progress and development in the developed as well as in the developing countries.

The level of education in Afghanistan , prior to Soviet invasion, was quite compatible with the level of education in the region.

Our students used to be acceptable to register in foreign universities without any reservations. But due to imposed and internal wars, out educational infrastructures were either completely destroyed or seriously damaged and the education cycle of our youth was disrupted in Afghanistan . This disruption became more serious when it was coupled with the repeated displacements of families from one place to another place. War horrors were unbearable, and the families had to move from one place to another or from one country to another and the youth were unable, due to repeated displacements, to continue their education in a systematic way.

Talibans also have had their impact on the deterioration of the education system in Afghanistan, as they openly denied the girls to go to school and the women to go to work and sometimes they have put the girls’ schools on fire.

With the establishment of the Islamic Republic Government in Afghanistan , the reconstruction and the renovation of schools re- started country wide. But little attention was paid to children who had lost their parents during the catastrophic wars and became orphans.

These deprived children could not afford to go to school due to the low- income level of their families. It was at this stage that Massoud foundation launched its first education program along with its other humanitarian assistances.

Muslim Ladies School of Australia-Afghanistan

Massoud foundation, in 2007 launched its education platform for the inclusion of orphans (boys & girls) in the education system of the country and established this private school to tackle the job of educating the orphans as well as those children who belonged to low- income families.

Now there is a hostel which provides dormitory facilities and there is a school which offers education opportunities for the orphans and the poor.

The school provides free transportation, books and supplies, tea-break servicing and uniforms. So far, we have covered 150 orphans in this privately founded school.

In this school, we follow the curricula which are approved by the Ministry of Education, as this is the condition under which the private schools will be allowed to operate.

In addition to this curriculum we have made English and Computer as compulsory courses for all students from grade (1) to (8) to further strengthen the student’s educational background and educate them according to modern time’s requirements.

Short- Term Training Courses in (12) Provinces:

Similarly, there are thousands of students in (34) provinces of Afghanistan where education cycle have been disrupted by wars and subsequent displacements.

Again the Massoud foundation has conducted Short- Term Training Courses in both physical and social sciences including English and computer courses.

The students receive training from experienced teachers and scholars who have rich background and experience in their respective schools and universities.

These Short- Term Training Courses are tailored for the most deprived and vulnerable students who have no access to educational opportunities and formal facilities to enable them pass the universities entrance examinations and consequently follow further specialized training in the fields they are interested in.

So far we have provided educational facilities for thousands of students who, after  their graduation have occupied responsible positions in governmental as well as in private enterprises and institutions. These Short- Term Courses are conducted by the provincial branches of the Massoud foundation under the guidance of the education department of (ME) in Kabul, Parwan, Baghlan, Takhar, Mazar –e Sharif, Herat, Kunduz, Panjshir, Samangan, Khulm, Ghazni and Faryab provinces of Afghanistan.

We are planning to extend these Short- Term Training Courses to other (22) Provinces in order to accommodate the remaining deprived youth under our educational umbrella.