Dawood, who owns a private school in the capital of Afghanistan, has set up night classes for girls

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Daoud says that for several days he was unable to sleep and was thinking about his daughter's bleak future.
Some time after this decision of the Taliban, Dawood made these night classes for girls.

Daoud says: "We live in a large family of 40 people and we have many girls in our family."

He says: "There are many girls in our family and some of them were taking a preparatory course for Concour and we also lost a family member in an attack; So I wanted to do something first to the girls in my family and then to other girls; So that they don't get disappointed."

Instead of online teaching, Dawood took this step not only for the education of girls; Rather, in his opinion, girls have the right to be present in society: "Online education has now become a kind of tradition and everyone has started online education. The discussion here is not just about girls being deprived of education; Rather, girls have the right to be present in the society and they should meet and talk among themselves so that social interaction can take place among them.

Daoud first created these classes for free inside his school; But according to him, the people shared this information with the Taliban and forced them to answer the girls.

He says: "After that, he made a plan to solve this issue, according to which he talked to the families and created ten classes in which the girls will gather in one house and teach together."

He says that the families of these girls have cooperated in the construction of these classes and have provided them with education in their homes.

They have eight teachers, six of whom are women and two are men.

Daoud says that these teachers are the teachers of his school who also teach girls in these classes for free after school.

These girls receive science and language education in their classrooms for four hours a day, five days a week.

Dawood has also organized some sports tournaments, writing programs and some other programs to keep the girls motivated.

Dawood's only daughter Sarah says: "My father has created a program for the education of girls. This program is not easy. Courage is necessary to create this program, which my father has and I am proud of my father and one day the world will also be proud of my father.

Sarah knows that what her father does is full of threats: "What my father does is a threatening thing and if the Taliban find out about it; So kill the creators of such a program.

He says: "We are going to study very carefully so that the Taliban do not suspect us."

Despite the fact that David's work is full of threats; But why does David continue to do this?

In response to this question, Daoud says: "Everyone tells me that this work is full of threats. I myself know that this work threatens my life; But I have a daughter and my daughter's education is very important to me, I will continue to do this for her."

This step of Dawood has revived not only his daughter but also other girls of these classes.

Hamida, who is a student of these classes, says: "Since the school was closed, there was not a day that I did not cry; Because everyone in our house was educated and only I was deprived of education.

He says: "My hopes were dead; But these classes revived my dying hopes. I wish all the girls could attend these classes."

Hamida's mother, who works in a global humanitarian organization, says: "I taught all my children; But Hamida's studies were not completed. This has hurt Hamida and us a lot, and now we are grateful to Mr. Dawood from the bottom of our hearts for her interest and passion for education.

This step of David is not only worthy of appreciation of his students; But it also motivates other fathers.

Ajmal, a resident of Kabul, says: "Dawood's work is commendable. In the past, people came and stole money and then fled the country; It was necessary for every father to fight for the education of his daughters or take a useful action.

He says: "The developed countries of the world have progressed in return for sacrifice; If everyone makes this kind of sacrifice, our country will reach a place."

How important is education for children, especially girls?

Farishta Salehi, who is active in the education and training of children, says about this: "According to the global statistics, 80% of child development specialists are women and the remaining 20% ​​are men, and the reason for this is that A child can relate better to women than to men; So when a girl has not seen her training, how will she train others in the future and teach them social life?

He says: "A girl who studies, she knows how to train her children in the future, and every child receives 50 percent of her education from her family and 50 percent from the place of study, curriculum, teachers and friends." If any child is deprived of education; So 50 percent of his personality remains incomplete and he cannot train another child in the future."

He adds: "Girls can be banned from schools, the right to education, which is a basic human right and recognized by various international agreements, can be violated." The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 26) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 28) emphasize the right to education without discrimination based on sex.

Before this, in a report of the United States Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the claims were revealed that the Taliban are creating fake girls and home schools for girls just to get money from foreign countries.

Note: Dawood has a job in a private office and only visits his school on vacation days and he has not yet received help from any foundation. He built this class at his own expense.