Afghanistan's Endeavors under the Taliban Regime as a Collapsed State to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 4: Quality Education by 2021-2024

Abstract

After the Taliban gained power in 2021,massive significant changesin varioussectors made the Taliban unable to fulfill the functions of the state properly, including the education sector. The research aims to analyze Afghanistan's endeavor under the Taliban Regime as a collapsed state to achieve SDGs No 4, Quality Education. The research uses qualitative-descriptive methods. We collected data through the official websites of IGOs and NGOs, annual reports from NGOs, mass media, and journals as secondary data. The research shows The Taliban don’t support equal opportunities for men and women to access education as seen by how they prohibit women from accessing higher education because it is not by the Islamic sharia implemented in Afghanistan. Learning process in Afghanistan conveys gender inequality. Shown by the learning content limited to strict Quranic interpretations, English books promote gender inequality, and absence of female teachers. In 2022 Taliban was forced to close universities from all visitors, although the statements were ambiguous towards women's education. By 2023, the labor participation rate between women and men is very distinctive, shown as 4.8% for women and 69.1% for men. Organizations such as GPE, UNICEF, and Save The Children in partnership promoting education in Afghanistan, but there was no support from the Taliban government. The research showsthat the Taliban has failed to fulfill its educational responsibilities, obstructing progress towards SDG No. 4. Despite external support from several organizations, the Taliban regime has disallowed any outside assistance in Afghanistan.