Angelina Jolie's big heart has made an even bigger difference: The UNHCR Goodwill ambassador exclusively confirms to E! News that she has opened a school in Afghanistan. 
 
 Jolie chose to fund the girls-only primary school in an area just outside of Kabul, a region that traditionally favors boys' education over girls'. 
 
 Angelina picked the village as the site of the school due to its high refugee population—regional fighting caused many locals to flee when their homes were destroyed, but since the collapse of the Taliban regime, families are slowly starting to return to the once-devastated area.) ||||| Angelina Jolie believes modern schools are insufficient to cater to her children's needs, preferring to hire tutors and home-school her offspring, and urging them to "pick up a book" instead of finishing their schoolwork. 
 
 In an interview with The Independent, the actress criticised conventional schools, saying they were incapable of educating her and partner Brad Pitt's brood: Maddox, 9; Pax, 7; Zahara, 6; Shiloh, 5 and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. 
 
 "I do think we live in a different age and the education system hasn't caught up with our children and our way of life," Jolie said. "But we travel and I'm the first person to say, 'Get the schoolwork done as quickly as possible because let's go out and explore'. I'd rather them go to a museum and learn to play guitar and read and pick a book they love." 
 
 Jolie's disdain for the conventional school system stems from her and Pitt's hectic filming schedules in locations around the world. They often take their children with them. Pitt has previously spoken of his "nomadic family". In a 2009 interview he said: "We have to think about schooling, though, and we're in an international programme, so wherever we go it's the same curriculum." When not working, the couple split their time between homes in New Orleans and the French Riviera. 
 
 Now, Jolie has revealed her anxiety about keeping her children's education on track. "I wish there was a book every parent could read that tells you how to navigate through the school system, and how to tailor the education for your children and their interests," she said. 
 
 The children were enrolled in the French schooling system, the Lycée programme, in cities including New York, Prague and Venice. 
 
 The programme is taught by nannies and specialist teachers. One of these speaks Vietnamese with Pax, who was adopted in Vietnam in 2007. The couple employed mentors with an "African background" to connect with Zahara, who was adopted in Ethiopia in 2005.
– Angelina Jolie's latest humanitarian project: an all-girls primary school in Afghanistan. The school is near Kabul, where the educational focus is typically trained on boys, and Jolie tells E! between 200 and 300 students are currently enrolled. Her plan is to open more of these kinds of schools, funded by the release of The Style of Jolie, a jewelry line she designed. "Beyond enjoying the artistic satisfaction of designing these jewels, we are inspired by knowing our work is also serving the mutual goal of providing for children in need," Jolie says. (Note that this is not her first foray into jewelry design.)