Educational Centers

Introduction

The Afghan National Association for Adult Education (ANAFAE), established in September 2005, promotes the development of Adult Education and lifelong learning in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education and other SDG goals.

ANAFAE works to foster the establishment of Adult and Community Learning Centers, and supports the development of qualified, relevant Adult Learning and Education (ALE) programs and effective strategies that opens access for learning throughout life.

Till today ANAFAE established a network of 25 Adult Education and Community Learning Centers in in 12 provinces. Several ALE Centers have already been handed over into local hands.

At present ANAFAE operates 15 ALE Centers in Parwan, in Herat, in Kabul and in Mazar and offer a wide range of education opportunities for adults above 15 years of age who are:

• out of school and could not benefit from any education.
• unemployed, students at school or university bridging to the labour market and want to acquire appropriate employability skills.
• in work, either in governmental institutions or in private sector business, who need up to date information , skills and competences, either to better get along with the job and job related challenges, or for those, who look for an upgrading of work positions and need additional relevant knowledge, for those who changed their job and need new knowledge, skills and competences.
• at school and want to successfully finalize their secondary education or to get access to higher education.

ANAFAE sees education as a permanent process, as an active source of development and innovation that accompanies individuals from the childhood throughout all phases of their lives. ANAFAE promotes the acknowledgement of the values of skills and competences obtained in various situations and phases of life, it doesn’t matter, if in formal, non-formal or informal settings, in short term or long term education programs.

Our approach to teaching and learning is learner-centered, supports self-directed learning, participation and collaboration during the learning process. Most of our education programs are based on national standards or international education products with well recognized certifications.

In our ALE Centers young adults gain new skills and competences for working life, improve their employability in various fields, like IT, web design, mobile phone repair, English, as well as in finance, business and entrepreneurship.

In line with the priorities of the National Education Strategic Plans (NESP III) we managed to enlarge the access of young learners to quality education. In 2022 we counted 97.735 learners in all education courses of the ANAFAE Education Network, 48, 73% of them were young females.