Students and teachers say new school books are difficult to read

STUDENTS and teachers in Kabul have complained about the poor print quality of new school books.

They say the books, handed out to schools by the Ministry of Education, are printed on low quality paper and that paragraphs and pages are laid out in ways that make them hard to read.

Some say the education ministry has wasted money thousands of dollars on the books.

Although some say millions of US dollars have been spent on printing the books, the ministry of education says it has spent only Afg6.78 million ($135,000) on them.

A member of the religious affairs committee in Parliament, Deen Mohammad Azeemi, said there was no doubt the books were printed with mistakes and he criticised the government for its carelessness.

The ministry of education said it used low quality paper because it lacked a big enough budget.

On Tuesday, militants burned thousands of school books as they travelled to Kandahar in trucks.

Some non-governmental organisations have been forced to pull school books from classrooms because the Taliban say are too modern for pupils.

The books portray high-profile figures such as President Karzai and United Front commander Ahmed Shah Massoud as the country’s heroes.

The Taliban threatened some NGOs with school closures unless the school books were withdrawn from the classroom.

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