School Support
AIL continues to operate a School Support Program providing assistance and administrative structure to schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In addition, many of the teachers are graduates of AIL teacher training programs and continue to receive updates on the latest teaching methodologies.
Through this program AIL supports:
• Community schools for Afghan refugee students in Pakistan,
• Community based schools for students in Herat,
• Preschool programs,
• Advanced classes for boys in a Kabul community,
• Scholarships for students in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
This has been invaluable to tens of thousands of Afghan children whose education was interrupted by the war and civil strife in Afghanistan. School support includes teacher training, on site monitoring and supervision of teachers, teachers’ salaries, administrative support, curriculum development, and provision of school materials and supplies. AIL-supported schools use interactive, student-centered teaching methods.
One AIL student named Urza said, “I am from Wardak Province, Afghanistan. I studied until class four but then the Taliban regime came and I sat at home. After the Taliban were gone, when I went to school my class fellows were younger than me. I left school and went to AIL where I learned two classes in one year. Now I am in class seven and I have decided to rejoin school next year. I am so thankful to AIL.”
One AIL student named Urza said, “I am from Wardak Province, Afghanistan. I studied until class four but then the Taliban regime came and I sat at home. After the Taliban were gone, when I went to school my class fellows were younger than me. I left school and went to AIL where I learned two classes in one year. Now I am in class seven and I have decided to rejoin school next year. I am so thankful to AIL.”
