Angola vs Afghanistan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Angola
Angola's children grow up in Africa's second-largest oil producer, yet half live in poverty.
Vast oil wealth coexists with deep child poverty, creating one of Africa's starkest inequality gaps visible in every classroom.
Afghanistan
Since 2021, Afghan girls over 12 are banned from attending school.
The Taliban's return ended two decades of progress in girls' education, affecting 1.4 million secondary-school girls.
Angola
Angola follows a 6-3-3 system with Portuguese as the language of instruction. Primary education is free and compulsory for six years. The system was rebuilt after 27 years of civil war that ended in 2002.
Afghanistan
Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, girls above grade 6 are banned from school and women from universities. Boys' education continues but with revised curriculum emphasizing religious studies. Before 2021, enrollment had risen from near-zero for girls to 3.5 million.
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