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 regions.

List of contents

Contents

Introduction
Dilshad Ashraf and Alan J. DeYoung
Chapter 1: Missing pieces: The case of girls' education in Tajikistan
Christopher Whitsel
Chapter 2: The militarization of Afghan women's learning in 'post-conflict' Afghanistan
Spogmai Akseer
Chapter 3: Girls education in Afghanistan: What works and why
Shama Dossa & Parveen Roy
Chapter 4: Islamic Education in post-Soviet Tajikistan: A field of contestations
Sarfaroz Niyozov, Hakim Elnazarov, and Sultonbek Aksakolov
Chapter 5: Religion and state in Pakistani education with special focus on mountainous regions
Jan-e-Alam Khaki
Chapter 6: Creating social cohesion through schooling in Pakistan's Swat Valley: One UNICEF approach
Parveen Roy and Alan DeYoung
Chapter 7: Building communities by building schools in the rural mountainous regions of Pakistan
Mir Afzal Tajik
Chapter 8: Narratives of Schooling during the Tajik Civil War (1992-97)
Carole Faucher
Chapter 9: Schooling and the Problem of Indigenous Cultural Identity in Baltistan
Zakir Hussain
Conclusion: Transforming Contested Education Terrains into Opportunities for Hope and Peace
Sarfaroz Niyozov & Jan-e-Alam Khaki
About the Contributors

About the author

Edited by Dilshad Ashraf; Mir Afzal Tajik and Sarfaroz Niyozov - Contributions by Sultonbek Aksakolov; Spogmai Akseer; Dilshad Ashraf; Sharifullah Baig; Alan J. DeYoung; Shama Dossa; Hakim Elnazarov; Carole Faucher; Jan-e-Alam Khaki; Sarfaroz Niyozov; Haj

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.

Product details

• Authors: Dilshad Tajik Ashraf, Deyoung, Alan J. DeYoung, Alan J. Ashraf Deyoung
• Assisted by: Dilshad Ashraf (Editor), Ashraf Dilshad (Editor), Alan J. DeYoung (Editor), Sarfaroz Niyozov (Editor), Niyozov Sarfaroz (Editor), Mir Afzal Tajik (Editor), Tajik Mir Afzal (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498505338
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0533-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Organization & management of education, Regional Studies, Educational administration and organization, Educational strategies & policy, Regional / International studies, Educational strategies and policy, Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan), Education;Gender;Pakistan;Religion;State;Tajikistan