KABUL - A number of writers and cultural figures on Sunday raised their concerns over what they say is a lack of interest in the country to promote Afghan children's literature.
They say nothing solid has been done in this regard in the past ten years.
They also accused government of neglecting the education and training process of children.
But, children's rights groups have said that they have published 160 children's books in at least eleven provinces in recent times.
"We recently launched a new program known as Lets Learn for the children of Afghanistan. The program paved the way for Afghan writers inside and outside the country to write for children so that their books are published on a large scale and distributed without any charge to children in Afghanistan," said Bahirullah Wayar, a children's rights activist.
Writers blamed the Ministry of Education (MoE) for not taking steps to address the problem and promote learning and education among children.
"If we go to the root of the problem ... I think we can still find a major vacuum in this respect, we have still a classic idea regarding the educational curriculum in the country," said Mohammad Fazil Sharifi, a local academic.
"The ministry of education reviews its curriculum once in three years. But we plan to review Afghanistan's educational curriculum once again, but very analytically so that systematic changes are put in place," said Mujib Mehrdad, the spokesman for the MoE.
Currently, of the estimated 14 million children in Afghanistan, only nine million have access to education.
But 190 children's rights are active in the country. However the number of child laborers in the country is still on the rise with an estimated one million children working on the streets alone. (Tolonews)