Kabul: The education system seems to be getting back to normal gradually in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country seven months ago, hundreds of girls, in particular, are now ready to resume their schooling.

When the Taliban had taken control of the country, the school remained shut owing Covid pandemic.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of education has said that the schools would be reopening from Wednesday. But the school will reopen in places such as Kandahar, the Taliban's spiritual heartland, and will be opened only next month.

The Taliban government has however claimed that reopening of their school has always been on their cards and they are not doing so because of international pressure.

"We are not reopening the schools to make the international community happy, nor are we doing it to gain recognition from the world. We are doing it as part of our responsibility to provide education and other facilities to our students", said Aziz Ahmad Rayan, a ministry spokesman.

The Taliban had said that they want separate schools for girls aged 12 to 19 which run as per the Islamic principles.

Amid this, hundreds of students who are eagerly waiting to go back to their schools said that they have no issues in wearing attire suggested by the Taliban as a uniform for going to schools.

The girl students said that as against their counterparts of other nations, they are behind in their studies. They said that they will wear a dress such as Abaya to cover their full body for going to schools and colleges.

The Taliban has imposed several restrictions on women, effectively banning them from many government jobs, policing what they wear and preventing them from traveling outside of their cities alone.

They have also detained several women's rights activists. Though the schools are reopening,  however, many parents are still not sure whether things will remain the same under the Taliban government or not. Thus, it seems that they are moving cautiously in sending their girls to schools.

The education ministry acknowledged authorities faced a shortage of teachers with many among the tens of thousands of people who fled the country as the Taliban swept to power.