Afghan girls struggle with poor internet as they turn to online classes FMTNews FMTWorld
Tarawat, a 17-year-old girl who has stopped studying, looks out from a window in her room, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Taliban officials, citing what they call problems including issues related to Islamic dress, have closed girls’ highschools, barred their access to universities and stopped most women from working at non-governmental organisations. After nearly two decades of Western-led intervention and engagement with the world, 18% of the population had internet access, according to the World Bank.
It has had hundreds more applications but cannot enrol them for now because of a lack of funds for teachers and to pay for equipment and internet packages, a representative of the academy said.Sakina Nazari tried a virtual language class at her home in the west of Kabul for a week after she was forced to leave her university in December. But she abandoned it in frustration after battling the problems.
Some Afghans have started calling on SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk to introduce its satellite internet service Starlink to Afghanistan, as it has done in Ukraine and Iran, posting requests for help on Twitter, which he owns.“If they would be able to that in Afghanistan, it would be very, very impactful for women.”Online schools are trying their best to accommodate Afghanistan’s pupils.
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