Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan has been preparing teachers in Afghanistan, primarily rural areas, since 2009. They began their start in 1996, and are really only able to train about 1,000 teachers a year. This is a significant problem for the Afghanistan educational system, which has set higher standards for education yet cannot seem to keep up with the demand for teachers. It appears, unlike other cases, to not really be a lack of pay but due to a lack of adequate training. A primary school teacher, or even a high school teacher, isn’t really adequate for training another teacher. Teaching is an art form, and there are some who are really good at getting others to learn that art. With a lack of teachers, Valerie Fortney claims, there will be issues in implementing measures to keep peace and order. As we have seen with other nations that have poor education, order tends to fall apart and devolve. Regardless of one’s opinions on what the minimum level of schooling should be, or if there is one at all, there should be an opportunity for all children to learn effective life and professional skills which will prevent them from all suffering the same fate — malnutrition, violence, death, interaction with callous drug lords, or endless hard labor. If we want the situation to get better, we have to teach them to get better themselves. Education is critical for us to avoid settling petty disputes and more international crises.

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