http://www.IRINnews.org Updated every hour en-gb Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:27:00 GMT United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks, http://www.IRINnews.org At least 240 schools have reopened mostly in the volatile south and southeast of Afghanistan over the past 18 months, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has reported. The MoE said 18 schools have been reopened in Ghazni Province, central Afghanistan, over the past few months. KABUL, 14 March 2010 (IRIN) - At least 240 schools have reopened mostly in the volatile south and southeast of Afghanistan over the past 18 months, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has reported. The MoE said 18 schools have been reopened in Ghazni Province, central Afghanistan, over the past few months. “Almost all of the 456 schools in Ghazni Province are now functioning and we expect 50,000 extra students will be enrolled in 2010,” Abdul Sabour Ghofrani, an MoE spokesman, told IRIN. He said the breakthrough was achieved with the support of local people, including religious leaders and tribal elders. Hundreds of schools were closed in these areas because of attacks on them in 2007 and 2008, according to the government and aid agencies. About a million school-age children do not go to school because of conflict, lack of schools or socio-economic problems, President Hamid Karzai said on 6 March. ad/ed © IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.irinnews.org http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88420 IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 461 for 20 - 26 February 2010 JOHANNESBURG, 26 March 2010 (IRIN) - 88207,88201,88200,88199,88215,88216,88224,88225,88230,88250,88249 © IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.irinnews.org http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88308 IRIN-ASIA Weekly Round-up 271 for 7 - 13 March 2010 DUBAI, 14 March 2010 (IRIN) - 88395,88394,88390,88383,88382,88375,88372,88362,88349,88347,88340 © IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.irinnews.org http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88419 IRIN-ME Weekly Round-up 272 for 5 - 11 March 2010 DUBAI, 14 March 2010 (IRIN) - 88363,88353,88352,88350,88339 © IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.irinnews.org http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=88418