Two women from Afghanistan hold courses in computer programming / Technology
On a humid April evening at the Symbiosis International University’s girls’ hostel in Pune, most of the students stepped out for a stroll. Arifa Orfan, a 23-year-old computer applications student from Ghor in Afghanistan, picked up her laptop and walked to a nearby cafe. Her classmate, Habiba Hussaini, from Ghazni in Aghanistan, accompanied her. When I entered the café, the women were already seated with their laptops and books open next to them. They looked hassled. The internet at the cafe was acting up.
We had met so that they could show me their project, “Hour of Computer,” which comprises modules on programming and coding. Its website hosts courses on networking, web development and application development; it also teaches programming languages, such as Python, Java and C. The course material is free and available in English, with subtitles in Dari, one of the most widely spoken languages in Afghanistan. The two women, who have lived in Pune for the last three-and-a-half years, are in India on an education grant organised by Educational Consultants India—an initiative by the ministry of human-resource development—and the Afghanistan government. They plan to return to Afghanistan after their course and work in education, especially in rural areas.
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