Baha, B., & Watson, J. (2016, June), Capacity Building for Engineering Education in War-Affected Countries  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26437

\bibitem{asee_peer_26437}
  Baha, B., \& Watson, J. (2016, June), \emph{Capacity Building for Engineering Education in War-Affected Countries}
  Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.18260/p.26437

Bahawodin Baha and Judith Watson.  "Capacity Building for Engineering Education in War-Affected Countries".  2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2016.  https://peer.asee.org/26437 Internet.  12 Mar, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_26437}
  Bahawodin Baha and Judith Watson.
  "Capacity Building for Engineering Education in War-Affected Countries".
  \emph{2016 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2016.
  https://peer.asee.org/26437 Internet.  12 Mar, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - It is well known that education institutions, like other institutions in war-affected countries will be devastated by long wars. Rebuilding the countries’ infrastructure requires resources in terms of finance as well as human resources. Amongst human resources, well experienced engineers and technicians are essential for vital sectors such as energy, transportation, telecommunication, agriculture, mining and construction. 
Afghanistan is regrettably one of those countries which have been affected by wars for nearly four decades. However, after the creation of the new government with the assistance from the international community in 2001, many public and private engineering institutions were established in the country. In fact, there is some sort of university in almost every province in the country. Unfortunately, such an expansion was not carefully thought out as there is no natural progression to focus on strengthening the various levels of the educational institutions in the country.
Capacity building of engineering institutions is a major challenge for the present government to tackle as it is crucial to prioritize planned growth in higher education especially in engineering, science and technologies. As in the developed world, technological development can help to raise the standard of living in Afghanistan. 
This paper will briefly review the progress of engineering education in Afghanistan during the last decade and will highlight the main capacity building challenges that engineering education in Afghanistan is facing at present. On this basis, practical recommendations will be made to address these challenges, which can enhance the quality of engineering education in the country and thus lead the Afghan people towards a better, more self-sufficient future.

AU  - Bahawodin Baha
AU  - Judith Watson
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DA  - 2016/06/26
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