The Taliban government has introduced significant revisions to the educational curriculum across schools and universities in Afghanistan, removing various core topics from teaching plans. According to a newly disclosed list, subjects concerning women's rights, human rights, national unity, and civil liberties have been excised from textbooks.
According to Zawia News, sources confirmed that these subjects have been replaced by books attributed to supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada alongside texts covering the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice laws.
The excluded lessons include topics such as the national flag, the national anthem, the historical Buddhas of Bamiyan, local cultural traditions, and fundamental social and individual freedoms. This policy represents an ongoing overhaul intended to align all academic instruction with the administration's strict religious interpretation.
Education officials within the Taliban administration have defended curricular reforms as necessary steps for ideological alignment, whereas pedagogical experts maintain that deleting these modules undermines balanced educational standards and erodes shared civic identity.
The educational system in Afghanistan has already experienced severe measures, most notably the prolonged prohibition barring teenage girls and young women from attending secondary schools and universities.
Observers and local educators warn that stripping content on historical heritage, basic rights, and national culture will severely limit intellectual development for students across the country.
Source: Zawia News
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