University entrance exam starts in Kabul

The National Examinations Authority on Friday kicked off the university entrance exam [Kankor] for 12th-class graduates in Kabul.

Abdul Baqi Haqqani, head of the National Examinations Authority said that the entrance examination is conducted transparently and they are trying to attract more school graduates to the universities.

In this year’s university entrance exam, 15,000 school graduates from the center and districts of Kabul participated, but without the presence of girls’ students.

The president of Kabul University Osama Aziz also said that the curriculum of the universities has been revised and will soon be implemented in the country’s universities.

Meanwhile, a number of participants of the university entrance exam express their satisfaction with the conduct and transparency of the exam, but they ask the caretaker government to provide education for girls as well.

The National Examinations Authority had previously announced that this year national entrance exam will be conducted in five stages.

After the second stage in Kabul, the third stage will be held on the 27th and 28th of June, the fourth stage will be held on the 4th of July, and the last stage of the exam will be a miscellaneous exam that will be taken from the students.

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