More than 4 million Afghan students out of school: UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says more than 4 million children are still out of school in Afghanistan. More than half of the 4 million girls are girls. In the last three months, more than 142,700 children in Afghanistan have been given access to community-based education . It is also stated that learning groups based on 5,350 communities have been formed.

The risk of child marriage has increased as many teenagers are still denied access to school. Education is often a mechanism and a measure of protection against negative problems such as child marriage and child labor. ‘

A UNICEF estimate reveals that 28 percent of Afghan women in the 15- to 49-year-old age group are married before the age of 18.