How has primary-school enrollment changed in Afghanistan?
UNESCO cites OCHA data showing primary enrollment fell from about 6.8 million in 2019 to 5.7 million in 2022.
What the figure or term means
The decline concerns all primary learners, not only girls.
Enrollment figures do not measure learning quality or regular attendance.
Conflict, poverty, displacement, teacher shortages, and policy restrictions can all affect participation.
Use the years with both figures.
How to use this information responsibly
Current sources show how restrictions, funding cuts, disease, malnutrition, and access barriers overlap, especially for women and children.
National figures should not be used to diagnose an individual, predict one child’s future, or flatten the experiences of all Afghan women and families.
Check the underlying information.
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