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10KABUL633 2010-02-20 10:19 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kabul
VZCZCXRO8652
RR RUEHDBU RUEHPW RUEHSL
DE RUEHBUL #0633/01 0511019
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 201019Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5727
INFO RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KABUL 000633 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ESTH SOCI EAID AF
SUBJECT: DONORS SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S 
NEW NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN 
 
REF: 09 KABUL 3907 
 
1. (U) Summary: On February 7, 2010, the USAID Mission Director 
along with the USG Education Team attended a donor conference in 
support of the Ministry of Higher Education's (MoHE) new National 
Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP).  Five years in the making, 
involving close collaboration between the MoHE and various 
stakeholders, this plan provides a realistic roadmap for reform of 
the Higher Education system in Afghanistan and identifies specific 
areas for donor support.  Donors pledged to increase both higher 
education scholarships and other forms of support for the NHESP. 
End Summary. 
 
THE CONFERENCE 
-------------- 
 
2. (U) The conference was opened by His Excellency the Acting 
Minister of Higher Education, Sarwar Danesh.  The Acting Minister 
has made some major decisions in support of the NHESP.  He is urging 
Karzai to enact the revised Higher Education Law by decree, which 
includes creation of a Council of Higher Education Institutions as 
the foremost decision-making authority for higher education.  He has 
initiated an "Administrative Reform" with the help of the 
Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission, 
which will formalize new position grades and salaries thereby 
improving the quality and qualification of MoHE staff.  He has also 
moved forward with plans to foster decentralization and give greater 
financial independence to universities as emphasized in the NHESP. 
Other proposals under the NHESP include establishment of a 
Department of Private Higher Education Institutions, an office on 
Academic Accreditation, a Department of Policy and Planning, and a 
Directorate to Supervise the NHESP. 
 
3. (U) The Acting Minister emphasized four important aspects of 
implementation of the NHESP: 1) Setting up a structure to oversee 
the strategic planning implementation process; 2) Obtaining the 
necessary funding of $560 million from the donor community, noting 
that the MoHE was only able to cover salaries of faculty and staff; 
3) Spending at least 50% of the funds for the Strategic Plan through 
the budget of the Government of Afghanistan; 4) Obtaining technical 
support to put these plans in place.  He hoped UNESCO would be a 
partner in the implementation effort.  The Acting Minister reminded 
the participants of the Government's and the international 
community's commitments at the London Conference and proposed that a 
joint committee of donors and MoHE representatives meet again before 
the Kabul Conference in the spring. 
 
4. (U) Deputy Minister Mohammad Babury noted that the MoHE is 
embarking on one of the most important initiatives in its history, 
that success of the plan is vital to national development, and that 
the support of the donor community was vital to that success.  He 
talked about the two major goals of the plan: improving the quality 
of higher education and doubling the enrollment of higher education 
students in five years.  The Deputy Minister noted that the MoHE was 
already making preparations for implementation including: improving 
human resources; working with universities to implement NHESP policy 
and insuring that their own planning is in accordance with the 
NHESP; establishing donor coordination; eliminating corruption; and 
improving coordination with other ministries.  He pointed out that 
the NHESP was a consensus document - representing the work of the 
MoHE as well as all of the stakeholders and that it was practical, 
feasible, and realistic. 
 
BILATERAL DONOR PLEDGES 
------------------------ 
 
5. (U) Several donors came forward with concrete pledges to help 
Afghanistan implement the NHESP.  Noting that a strong higher 
education system was essential to development, the Ambassador from 
Turkey, H.E. Basat Ozturk offered scholarships for Afghan students 
to study in Turkey.  He further noted that Turkey was prepared to 
admit additional students if donors could cover their costs. 
 
6. (U) The Ambassador from the Russian Federation, H.E. Andrey 
Avertisyan noted that education was the key to peace in Afghanistan 
and the NHESP was an important first step toward achieving such 
peace.  He further noted that Russia was ready to help support the 
NHESP and that they would increase the number of scholarships for 
Afghan students to more than 100 this year.  He hoped they would be 
able to offer additional support for the NHESP following 
consultation with MOHE, perhaps by sending Russian university 
faculty members to Afghanistan.  The Deputy Head of Mission from 
Pakistan, Mansoor Khan noted that they would provide 1,000 
scholarships to universities in Pakistan in the areas of 
Agriculture, Science, and Business and further noted that they would 
also be willing to absorb additional students if donors could 
provide the funding. 
 
7. (U) Both Norway and Japan said they fully supported the NHESP, 
although they were both unclear as to how they could materialize 
their support at this time other than Japan noting their interest in 
medical and agricultural education.  India too expressed a desire to 
 
KABUL 00000633  002 OF 002 
 
 
support PhD and Master's training in Agricultural fields through the 
provision of 100 scholarships each year for five years.  The UNESCO 
representative noted that UNESCO would provide technical support in 
the area of planning, monitoring and evaluation, and strengthening 
of the Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) with 
stronger links to the universities. 
 
8. (U) The French discussed their plan to double the number of 
scholarships they provide to Afghan students and to spend $1.5 
million for cooperation on foreign language training.  They also 
plan to provide assistance to the Faculty of Law of Kabul University 
and facilitate internships with French companies.  The NATO-IS 
representative noted that NATO had three major programs that fit 
into the framework of the NHESP, which will focus on IT 
infrastructure.  The Danes were especially interested in curriculum 
development and research.  They also expressed interest in technical 
and vocational training as well as gender equity.  They echo the USG 
in favoring direct funding of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), which 
can disburse funds to the MoHE.  Denmark also supports the cluster 
process for aid and wants to see greater coherence between the 
ministries of education, higher education and health. 
 
THE USG PERSPECTIVE 
------------------- 
 
9. (U) The USAID Mission Director applauded the MoHE for the NHESP 
and stated that the USG was honored to be a partner in the drafting 
process.  He mentioned the pledge by President Obama to help rebuild 
Afghanistan and suggested that improved higher education was the 
best way to make progress.  He noted that the USG would continue to 
support education, law, and medicine along with a number of other 
programs.  He recalled the U.S. Ambassador's meeting with the 
Minister of Education Wardak, and how the Minister had noted that 
the lack of educational opportunities in Afghanistan is a ticking 
time bomb.  The USAID Mission Director further noted that there is 
an urgent need for well-educated and trained leadership in all 
sectors of the economy and that the USG will be a partner in 
rebuilding higher education in Afghanistan.  He concluded by calling 
on the private sector as well as other donors to invest in higher 
education through the NHESP and emphasized the importance of 
increasing the number of women in higher education. 
 
THE U.N. AND WORLD BANK 
----------------------- 
 
10. (U) Mark Ward, Special Advisor on Development to the SRSG 
(UNAMA) then summed up the need for donor support for the NHESP.  He 
noted that the international community had applauded the Government 
of Afghanistan for their revised economic plan.  He stated that time 
was of the essence since there was a demographic time bomb of people 
graduating from secondary school who wanted higher education, 
requiring expansion of the system.  He noted that it had been two 
months since the inauguration of the NHESP on December 3rd (Reftel) 
and that support for implementation was now critical.  He urged the 
donors to join the MoHE in forming a small working group to oversee 
implementation of the NHESP.  He reiterated that the NHESP was an 
excellent roadmap for reform of higher education that only needed a 
strong donor commitment to make it work. 
 
11. (U) The World Bank Director noted that higher education was 
extremely important to development with a rate of return of $3 on 
every $1 invested.  Afghanistan only has 2% of its students of 
college age in higher education compared with India at 10% and China 
at 20%.  The Director emphasized the importance of increasing 
training in science and math, the need to decrease the skills gap, 
and to increase both the quality and the quantity of graduates.  He 
highlighted the need for non-government sources of funding for 
higher education, including fees from students.  He stressed the 
importance of academic accreditation, institutional autonomy and 
accountability.  He emphasized that donor support was vital and that 
the World Bank stood ready to work with the MoHE to support the 
implementation of the plan over the next five years. 
 
12. (U) COMMENT:  The new NHESP is a highly anticipated and 
important plan for coordinating donor support in higher education. 
A unique idea from which other sectors could also benefit, the plan 
is one of the first Post has seen where the Afghan Government 
identifies areas for targeted donor assistance.  Although Post will 
support the NHESP through current programming, additional funding 
will be required to fully meet the important goals of the NHESP. 
There is an urgent need for well-educated and trained leadership in 
all sectors of the economy, which requires rebuilding higher 
education in Afghanistan.  Afghanistan cannot successfully achieve 
its goals in reconstruction, economic growth, and poverty reduction 
if there is a critical shortage of professionals such as engineers, 
technicians, administrators, accountants, agriculturists, and 
business leaders.  END COMMENT. 
 
EIKENBERRY