90% illiteracy rate for new recruits… most can’t even count.
2600 Afghan teachers are being employed by ISAF to teach literacy.
32,000 trainees getting 2hrs of literacy training every day.
90,000 trainees have reached basic literacy at a cost of $30/trainee. Upon completion of the program, they are awarded a pin to wear on their uniform. Some ME country has pledged $10million to fund future training.
100% of uniforms including boots are produced by Afghans (They took our production jobs! ).