so the people of ghor can a ford them. >> translator: even though she's a woman we are very proud thatbout the problems of our people and our home land. >> reporter: but she also has her opponents. several demonstrators have called for her to be fired. she says that is because she's a woman. the head of the provincial council denies that. >> translator: we hope to god that this governor will be replaced. she doesn't have enough education. she's not patient. she is a governor who doesn't want any advice. she does everything her own way. >> reporter: she says the officials oppose her because they wanted to build shop on his government land and she refused. >> translator: they decided before i came they didn't want me. after i came, the main reason they oppose me is because of their illegal demands that i wouldn't accept. they never gave me any advice for the good of the people or for the development of the people's lives. >> reporter: she is from ghor. extra incentive she says to succeed as governor, she says she will do her best despite the challenges here, if she fails she is worried h

we can build, develop, promote education and advance all other parts of the lives of the people of ghorhe security that you are providing us helps us work. >> reporter: and she welcomes the fact that there are women forces present. they appreciate her too. >> translator: we were in our homes a few years ago, we cannot go out. now that we have a fee nail governor she should honestly serve us. >> reporter: on this day, the soldiers are demonstrating how they would get hostile fighters out of an afghan home. she says many anti-government armed groups in the province hide within the population. governor says she tries to get out amongst the people as much as she can coming to things like this, her first police exercise or walking with people in the market. not just staying in her office. she makes surprise visits to ministries to check attendances, to make sure people are doing their jobs. and as went air preaches, she checks that shop keepers aren't overcharging for food and cloth so the people of ghor can afford them. >> translator: even though she's a woman we are very proud she cares ab

the human rights commission says there are hundreds of these so-called ghost schools in ghor provincenslator: i cannot say it's 70 or 80% or more or less, but the situation of education here is worrying. last week out of 53 schools only 3 were working. >> reporter: in this village, the school had a padlock on the gate. no learning here. the education chief says the salaries of ghor's 4600 teachers are being paid. >> translator: because of security, we as education officials are not able to monitor and bid it in order to control and make sure that teachers and students are actually at the schools. >> reporter: he says security isn't a problem at the two schools we visited. but when we showed him our video, he couldn't explain why we found them empty. he blamed the lack of classes on irresponsible teachers and parents unwilling to send their children to school. that's not what the parents say. >> translator: when we ask the teachers, why are not you educating our children, they claim our children are not coming. when we send our boys, the teachers are not there. >> reporter: but the mon

at winter approaches, she checks the shop keepers overcharge for food and close to the people of ghor province can afford them. >> she cares about the problems of our people and our homeland. >> she also has her opponents, several demonstrators have called for her to be fired. she says that's because she's a woman. the head of the provincial council denies that. >> we hope to god that this governor will be replaced. she doesn't have enough education. she's not patient. she's a govern who doesn't want advice. she does everything her own way. >> she said officials oppose her because they have wanted to build shops on government land and she refused. >> they decided before i came they didn't want me. after i came, the main reason they oppose me is because of their illegal demands that i wouldn't accept. they never gave me any of advice for the good of the people or the development of the people's lives. >> she says she will do her best despite the challenges here. if she fails, she's worried critics will say she failed because she's a woman. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, central afghanist

but snare tent school in this tiny hamlet ghor province is empty, they say they haven't been to school in weeks. >> the teachers come two to three times a week, but they don't give us anything to study. >> they do collect their salaries. the afghan human rights commission say there are 100 of those ghost schools in the province. >> i can not say it is seth or 80 pest, or more or less, but where i can tell you the situation of education is worries. we monitors one district, only three were working. in the as a result ladies and gentlemen the u.n. built school had a padlock on the gate, no sign of learning here. there are supposed to be six or seven teachers and dozens of students. the salaries of the 4600 teachers are being paid. in all he says he has 225,000 students in 812 schools, that none have been closed by violence. but he can't prove it. >> because of security, we are not able to monitor and visit in order to control and make sure that teachers and students are actually at the schools. >> he says security isn't a problem at the two we visited and that teams visit regularly. but