As former acting education minister of Afghanistan, Rangina Hamidi committed to reforming teacher training, modernizing the massive education department, and implementing a national education policy. We discuss her decision to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover, and how to effect change from outside the system, when she had so clearly decided the best way to reform Afghanistan was internally.

Show notes:
Hamidi’s considerations on whether to remain in Kabul: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/08/14/npr-afghan-education-minister-talks-about-future-of-afghanistan
Hamidi’s reflections on the future for Afghanistan: https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1426930398546776070
U.S. exit from Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/politics/zalmay-khalilzad-afghanistan.html
Rangina Hamidi speaking at Learnit Live, March 2021: https://learnit.world/on-demand