Pashtana Durrani is an educator and the director for LEARN, Afghanistan. She is also a global youth representative for Amnesty International and the Malala Fund Education Champion.
In a joint op-ed, Said Sabir Ibrahimi and Pashtana Durrani question the Afghan Education Ministry’s plan to move primary education to mosques. They argue that while mosques can only be used as temporary schools, the real aim should be to strengthen and reform the current formal education system.