Sentence examples for opposed education from inspiring English sources

The Taliban have opposed education for girls.

All three women said their own education had been thwarted by conflict and local leaders who opposed education for women -- Farida after four years, Hajira after two months, Roshana after just two days of school.

The moralists have opposed education, the supply of condoms and the morning-after-pill to underage people.

What else does Dunn suggest students do to oppose education cuts or to affect change?

That means, Mr. Gates said, that the Taliban must participate in elections, not oppose education and not assassinate local officials.

Farooq Wardak, the Afghan education minister and a key ally of President Hamid Karzai, claims that the Taliban leadership no longer opposes education for girls.

Speaking in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister David Cameron said it was vital that Britain stood up to "extreme Islamists" who oppose education and progress.

So for those who oppose education spending in the stimulus, a question: Do you really believe that slashing half a million teaching jobs would be fine for the economy, for our children and for our future?

It throws down a gauntlet to government - offering a "time limited" window for talks, followed by the threat of a campaign to oppose education policy.

While US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was the only notable signatory to both the BBA and opposing education reform platforms, it quickly became clear that he leaned toward the latter.

He favors a U.S.-Mexico border fence, opposes education benefits to undocumented immigrants and says he would veto the Dream Act, which would allow some undocumented immigrant youths to earn permanent residency and eventually citizenship if they attend college or serve in the military.