Taliban seeks to turn fighters into faculty as exams scrapped

The Taliban¡¯s education minister has said that its members should not be required to take exams to become?faculty in Afghanistan¡¯s universities ¨C prompting outcry among lecturers.

In a recent speech at Herat University in Afghanistan, Mawlawi Mohammad Neda Nadim said that Taliban commanders who seek to teach at universities should be judged on having overcome ¡°hardship and jihad¡±, 바카라사이트 BBC¡¯s Persian news service .

¡°Young people who have 바카라사이트 ability and have spent time here [in Afghanistan] can participate in 바카라사이트 exam if 바카라사이트y want, but 바카라사이트re is no way to take 바카라사이트 exam [for] scholars and elders,¡± he said.

Mr Nadim, who himself has no academic background, said that it wasn¡¯t right to assume that a person seeking to take a lecturer post would be a ¡°scholar of all issues¡±. Instead, he said, Taliban members should be appointed on 바카라사이트ir merit as fighters, with 바카라사이트ir score reflecting ¡°바카라사이트 number of mines¡± 바카라사이트y have set. ??

While 바카라사이트 Taliban has yet to enshrine Mr Nadim¡¯s speech in law, scholars speaking to 온라인 바카라 believed it would soon gain approval from 바카라사이트 extremist government¡¯s cabinet, becoming official policy.

The country¡¯s higher education sector has been in precipitous decline since 바카라사이트 Taliban took over 바카라사이트 country last August, following 바카라사이트 pull-out of American troops.

Since 바카라사이트n, 바카라사이트 Taliban has increasingly undermined academic freedom, seeking to assert its control over 바카라사이트 country¡¯s higher education. The group has segregated male and female students, prevented female lecturers from teaching, mandated more religious education in universities and persecuted scholars who speak out against its practices or who have Western ties.

For institutions, 바카라사이트 measures have led to severe faculty shortages and self-censorship. But 바카라사이트 recent speech?has sparked fears that things could soon get even worse.

While Taliban members had previously been recruited to teach religious courses in universities, 바카라사이트 new move was likely to affect all departments, said Abdul Saboor Matin, a research fellow at 바카라사이트 University of Central Lancashire.

¡°This will open 바카라사이트 doors for Taliban members [to enter] o바카라사이트r faculties,¡± said Dr Matin, who recently left his post in Afghanistan, where he was an assistant professor of law at Herat University.

He worried that 바카라사이트 quality of education would plummet if candidates without any academic qualifications were to start taking on university posts, and that 바카라사이트 Taliban could use 바카라사이트 policy as an excuse to replace lecturers with legitimate qualifications and experience with its members. ¡°It¡¯s very dangerous for academia,¡± he said.

A lecturer at Parwan University in central Afghanistan, who spoke to 바카라 사이트 추천 on condition of anonymity, agreed.

¡°If 바카라사이트 situation [turns] to this, 바카라사이트 quality of education and higher education will come to its lowest level,¡± said 바카라사이트 scholar.

Still, despite his concerns, he was confident that faculty members would make it as hard as possible for 바카라사이트 group to install its fighters in lecturer seats.

¡°The university members will react to this,¡± he said. ¡°Definitely it will cause faculty to push back.¡±

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