Kabul Education University (دانشگاه تعلیم و تربیه کابل/ دکابل د ښوونې او روزنې پوهنتون)At Afghanistan university, the disputed name turns into fighting word
Ned Parker, ''Los Angeles Times''. October 28, 2012. (formerly known as Kabul Education University) is a

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. It originally served as the Teachers Training Centre in the 1990s, awarding bachelor's degrees to its students in fellowship with

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. During the presidency of

Burhanuddin Rabbani Burhānuddīn Rabbānī (; 20 September 1940 – 20 September 2011) was an Afghanistan, Afghan politician and teacher who served as the sixth president of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, and again from November to December 2001 (in exile from 199 ...

, it developed into the Institute of Pedagogy and was given the status of higher education institute and transferred to the Ministry of Higher Education. It was given an official charter as a university in 2003. Kabul Education University of Rabbani is among the best educational institutions in Afghanistan, which is among the top 5 universities according to the national rankings. Kabul Education University of Rabbani ranks in the national rating of Afghanistan, this impressive result was achieved in less than 20 years.

Campus

The university campus is in the

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of Kabul on Shaheed Rabbani Square چهارراهی شمع کابل.

Composition

Kabul Education University of Rabbani is relatively small, teaching about 5000 students on average.

Organisation and administration

The university is managed by the Ministry of Higher Education. Day-to-day management is the responsibility of the

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, Zaibullah Assad

Faculty and departments

The university has 6 faculties and 21 departments: *

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s — Islamic Cultural Studies,

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and

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

departments *

Language Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...

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Literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

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Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

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departments *

Natural Science Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

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Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

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and

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

departments *

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, Individual Sports and Group

departments * Special Studies — Visually and Audibly Impaired departments *Psychology - Department of General Psychology and Department of Counseling Psychology

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