Educational Policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan : Contested Terrain in the Twenty-First Century.

Educational Policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan : Contested Terrain in the Twenty-First Century.

This book analyzes the successes and impediments of various educational policies in Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. The authors analyze how current and past discourses on gender, religion, culture, politics, and the economy affect formal education and communal transformation in mountainous re...

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Main Author: Aksakolov, Sultonbek
Other Authors: Akseer, Spogmai, Ashraf, Dilshad, Baig, Sharifullah, DeYoung, Alan J., Dossa, Shama, Elnazarov, Hakim, Tajik, Mir Afzal, Niyozov, Sarfaroz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Education > Tajikistan > History > 21st century.
Education > Afghanistan > History > 21st century.
Education > Pakistan > History > 21st century.
Education
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1 Missing Pieces; 2 The Militarization of Afghan Women's Learning in "Postconflict" Afghanistan; 3 Girls' Education in Afghanistan: Complexities of Context and the Need for Innovation; 4 Islamic Education in Post-Soviet Tajikistan; 5 Religion and State in Pakistan; 6 Creating Social Cohesion through Schooling in Pakistan's Swat Valley; 7 Building Communities by Building Schools in the Rural, Mountainous Regions of Pakistan; 8 Narratives of Schooling during the Tajik Civil War (1992-1997); 9 Schooling and Cultural Identity in Baltistan; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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