Professors and employees of Kabul University recently began an eight-week intensive English course. The program provides English as a Second Language (ESL) to help faculty members make more effective use of academic resources that are published in English. University professors currently face challenges preparing up-to-date lesson materials for their classes because they often have to use textbooks published in English.
Currently, 45 university professors and staff, including 25 women from faculties such as Law and Political Sciences, Psychology, Science, Language and Literature, and Fine Arts, are enrolled in English classes provided by USAID through Afghan eQuality Alliances (AeQA). Developing proficiency in foreign languages is one major emphasis of the recently inaugurated Ministry of Higher Education Strategic Plan. USAID is offering similar English classes for faculty lecturers at Kabul Polytechnic University, Hirat University, Balkh University, Nangarhar University, and Sheik Zayed University in Khost.