The Taliban has announced its interim government in Afghanistan. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund has been made the new Prime Minister of the country, while Sheikh Maulvi Noorullah Munir has been given charge of the Ministry of Education.
Meanwhile, since the formation of the government, Taliban edicts have started coming in, including the controversial statement of the new Education Minister Noorullah Munir. Munir said there is no point in pursuing a PhD or any other master’s degree these days. “We don’t have a degree, yet we are running the government,” Munir said. In this case, there is no need for a PhD or master’s degree today.
Let me tell you that even before coming to power, the Taliban started making many changes in the field of education. A curtain has been put up between boys and girls in the college. In many places, only the elderly or women are teaching girls. In addition, since the end of the Taliban regime in 2001, the Taliban have begun cracking down on private colleges and universities focusing on modern education.