The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education announced that it has revoked the operating licences of 11 private educational institutions in nine provinces and has referred their officials to judicial bodies.
The reason for the cancellation of their activities was cited as non-compliance with academic principles and the lack of administrative staff "in accordance with principles”.
The Taliban has also accused these educational centres of having "fictitious teachers”.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education announced in a press release on Wednesday, December 11, that the activities of these educational institutions had been cancelled during a meeting of the ministry's leadership council.
The ministry did not explain which “scientific principles” the employees of these centres violated. Previously, the Taliban had asked teachers and employees of educational centres to adjust their beards, hair, and clothing according to the wishes of the group’s rules.
According to this press release, the activities of the educational institution Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi in Ghazni, Abu Nasr in Farah, Hanzalah and Hekmat in Badghis, Fajristan in Takhar, Nimr in Kunduz, Royan and Quds in Baghlan, Sadat in Balkh, Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi in Samangan, and Al-Ghayyat in Herat have been cancelled.
Problems with exams and the lack of necessary teaching facilities are other reasons that the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has put forward as justification for cancelling the activities of these educational institutions.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education's press release states, "It was also decided that the officials and leaders of these institutions will be introduced to the judicial institutions."
