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class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eDemand for higher education in Afghanistan is increasing rapidly in a country where two thirds of the population are aged 24 or younger.Its led to a rise in private universities who are providing places for students where the government...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eDemand for higher education in Afghanistan is increasing rapidly in a country where two thirds of the population are aged 24 or younger.\u003cbr/\u003eIts led to a rise in private universities who are providing places for students where the government run institutions are unable to meet the demand.\u003cbr/\u003eJust 12 years ago the Taliban government barred girls from attending school and many educated Afghans were forced to flee. \u003cbr/\u003eSeven thousand eight hundred and seventy students attended higher education colleges in Afghanistan before the U.S. led invasion in 2001.\u003cbr/\u003eToday that figure has increased 26-fold to almost 204,000 according to the Ministry of Higher Education.\u003cbr/\u003eA fifth of them are women.\u003cbr/\u003eThe growth has been possible in part because the Afghan government realised that the country's public universities, devastated by years of war, couldn't cope with the new demand.\u003cbr/\u003eIn 2006 they legalised private higher education.\u003cbr/\u003eToday, there are 70 private higher education institutes in Afghanistan, educating about 74,000 students over a third of all students. \u003cbr/\u003eNineteen year old Liza Ormol is a student at Kardan University, a private university in the capital Kabul.\u003cbr/\u003eShe has big ambitions, aiming for a bachelors degree in business, two master's degrees and a Ph.D.\u003cbr/\u003eLiza believes education is important to help get a job but also for family life.\u003cbr/\u003e\"For me higher education is very important,\" she says. \"For girls may not have to get a job after education, but the education itself is very important, they can educate their children for their futures.\"\u003cbr/\u003eKardan, the name means professional, was set up 10 years ago by Roeen Rahmani and a group of friends.\u003cbr/\u003eThey spent US$ 300 on an overhead projector and rented a room to teach a business course to Afghans emerging from civil war and the rule of the Taliban. \u003cbr/\u003eNobody turned up for the first class.\u003cbr/\u003eToday it has turned into a private university educating more than 8,000 students in programmes ranging from political science to civil engineering.\u003cbr/\u003eRahmani spent much of his childhood as a refugee in neighbouring Pakistan. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says he has a bachelor's degree in business, two MBAs and an executive MBA, one of them from the York University Schulich School of Business in Canada..\u003cbr/\u003eRahmani says Kardan has a US$ 4 million operating budget, and charges around US$6,600 for a four-year bachelor's degree. \u003cbr/\u003eThe students, many of whom have jobs, can pay monthly.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The vision for Kardan is much bigger, indeed we have started with a very limited number of students with one classroom and right now we have graduated over 15000 students and we currently have around 8000 students studying in Kardan,\" he says. \"But the vision especially for the quality of education is much broader. The team is working very hard to get to the next stage.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHis dreams are dependent on political stability and in Afghanistan nothing is certain.\u003cbr/\u003eThe US led armed force is gradually reducing with a full withdrawal planned for the end of 2014.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd there are an increasing number of attacks from the Taliban.    \u003cbr/\u003eKardan has few facilities, there is no campus quad or sports stadium, it is a basic office building.\u003cbr/\u003eThe school's rapid rise has led to critics questioning the quality of the teaching and the qualifications obtained.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever Kardan says all profits are invested back into the school and standards are improving.\u003cbr/\u003eRoeen Rahmani says government run universities are unable to educate every Afghan student who wants to continue onto higher education and private universities offer a good alternative.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The number of students who will be enrolled in the private sector will increase significantly,\" he says \"That will help the entire country to make sure that there is enough chance for everybody who wants to pursue higher education in Afghanistan.\" \u003cbr/\u003eThe Afghan government says it is introducing measures to raise standards in the private sector and ensure they are not just moneymaking schemes. \u003cbr/\u003eBut even critics agree that a thriving private sector is crucial for education in a country of 30 million people, two-thirds of who are 24 or younger.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever for many Afghans, especially those living in the poorer rural areas where many people are illiterate, paying for private education is impossible.\u003cbr/\u003eAhmad Fardeen, who is 24, graduated from school in 2010 but is still trying to get a place at a public university.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I feel disappointed, when I see my classmates who graduated at the same time as me and they are moving forward,\" he says. \"But every year when I fail to make to university, it makes me more determined to work harder.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFardeen says it is his mother's dream for him to become a doctor so, no matter how long it takes, he will continue to try to find a place at Kabul's medical university.\u003cbr/\u003eKabul, Afghanistan. 10th September 2013 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of students attending class in Kardan University\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot lecturer with students\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of book\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of class\u003cbr/\u003e5. Midshot of lecturer in class\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot students coming out of University\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of female students\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide shot of Kardan university student, Liza Ormol talking with reporter\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid shot of Liza Ormol\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Liza Ormol, Kardan University student.\u003cbr/\u003e\"For me higher education is very important, you know for girls if they are not bond to have a job after education, but the education itself is very important, they can educate their children for their future, so for me for this it is very important.\"\u003cbr/\u003eKabul, Afghanistan 17th September 2013\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close shot of 31-years-old Roeen Rahmani's face, director and founder of Kardan university\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various  of Rahmani in his office\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up of his hands\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of Rahmani's face\u003cbr/\u003e14.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Roeen Rahmani, director and founder of Kardan university: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The vision for Kardan is much bigger, indeed we have started with a very limited number of students with one classroom and right now we have graduated over 15000 students and we currently enroll around 8000 students in Kardan. But the vision specially for the quality of education is much broader and we are striving, the team is working very hard to get to the next stage.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot exterior of Kardan university building\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close shot of signboard written in English Kardan university\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot of librarian handing a book to student\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid shot of students reading books\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close shot of book\u003cbr/\u003e20.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Roeen Rahmani, director and founder of Kardan university: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Given the limitations that public sector has most of the private sector institutions, they do not have these limitations and the number of students who will be enrolled in the private sector will increased significantly and that would help the entire country to make sure that there is enough chance for everybody, who wants to do higher education in Afghanistan.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various shots of Kabul \u003cbr/\u003e22. Close shot of women in Kabul\u003cbr/\u003eKabul, Afghanistan 16th September 2013  \u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid shot of 24-years-old Ahmad Fardeen high school graduate, who has been waiting for two years to get to a government run university.\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various shots of Fardeen reading book\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close tilt up shot of Fardeen's face\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Ahmad Fardeen, High School graduate\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is obvious I feel disappointed, when I see my classmates who graduated at the same time as me and they are moving forward, but every year   when I fail to make to university, it makes me more determined to work harder to make it to university so as much as I face defeat I feel more charged to make it up to the time which I have lost.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid shot of Fardeen leaving his house\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide shot of Fardeen coming out of his house\u003cbr/\u003e29. 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