Rahnaward Noor high school is the only private and non-profit high school in Ghor province which was founded in 2011. The authorities of the school mention provision of high-quality education for children in the Lal and Sarjangal district of Ghor as the main goal of this high school. Currently, it has about 500 male and female students.
The administration of Rahnaward High School told Jade Abresham the families can’t afford to pay fees for education of their children and as a result more than %50 of the students are free of charge. The students of Rahnaward High School include poor children, children who have missed schools, unaccompanied children under Bamyan Foundation and relatives of the founding members of the school who study out of charge, and other students pay only half of the fees.
Rahnaward High School was funded by Resource of Young Children Organization from 2017 to 2021. It paid the expenses of 120 children every year and most of the students covered by ROYA were girl students.
After the collapse of the former Afghan government, “Resource of Young Children”, was closed and no agency supported the students covered by the Resource of Young Children. These students not only have been under economic pressures but have not been able to continue their education too. Because most of them can’t afford the fees of the school and other staff required for their education.
Rohullah, a boy who could not attend school due to poverty, is one of the students of Rahnaward High School supported by Resource of Young Children and he is in grade 11 now. “My father wished me to complete high school and pass the entrance exam”, he said. Hadisa is in the 5th grade supported by Resource of Young Children. He asks the school administration if there has been a supporter found to pay her education cost or not on daily basis.
Stopping financial supports by Resource of Young Children not only has worried the students and their families but the management of the high school is worried too. Azizullah Mehdi one of the founders of the Rahnaward High School says, Resource of Young Children, covered a big part of costs of this high school and now Rahnaward High Shcool is facing financial shortfalls. “If this problem is not solved, not only it has worried the children but all 500 students and 23 staff members of the high school will be economically affected.” He said.
Out of 120 needy students who lost their financial supporter in August of 2021, only 30 students have been covered by their former supporters or new ones. However, 90 needy students which most of them are girls are desperately in need to be covered financially in order to continue their education.
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