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Author Aksakolov, Sultonbek

Title Educational Policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan : Contested Terrain in the Twenty-First Century
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages)
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
Summary 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 regions
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Subject Education -- Tajikistan -- History -- 21st century
Education -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century
Education -- Pakistan -- History -- 21st century
Education
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Akseer, Spogmai
Ashraf, Dilshad
Baig, Sharifullah
DeYoung, Alan J
Dossa, Shama
Elnazarov, Hakim
Tajik, Mir Afzal
Niyozov, Sarfaroz
ISBN 9781498505345
1498505341