Reconstruction of Teacher Training High School

Location:	Kandahar City, Kandahar Province
Number of Beneficiaries:	Thousands of students in 5 of the southern provinces will benefit from trained teachers
Start Year:	2002
Status:	Completed

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Project Overview

The building of Kandahar Teacher Training High School has been destroyed during 23 years of civil war.

The destroyed building is a major impediment in offering the teacher training courses to large number of students.

By repairing and reconstructing the school building, hostel facility and administration block, the project will pave way for the availability of trained teachers.

Project Background

The continuous civil conflict of 23 years forced teachers to migrate or change their profession. There was a significant gap in teachers' training courses.

The Kandahar Teachers Training School is one of the most important institutions providing teachers to five southern provinces of Helmand, Zabul, Urazgan, Ghazni and Kandahar.

The school was built in 1962. In 1970 the school was upgraded and became the Institute of Higher Training.

Project Objectives

The long term objective of the project is to ensure availability of trained teachers for primary and secondary classed in Helmand, Zabul, Urazgan, Nimroz and Kandahar Provinces.

In the short term, the project would contribute towards brining the atmosphere of stability and peace in Kandahar and would help KED to start refresher courses for primary and secondary school teachers, both male and female.

The beneficiaries of the project will be the various schools throughout the five districts which will be provided with trained teachers to teach.

The indirect beneficiaries will be the thousands of students that will benefit from the teachers who graduate from the training school.

Project Activities

The teacher training centre will be reconstructed and repaired in order to allow it to function properly again.

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