From the Announcement of the Entrance Exam Results to the Reg Over Girls’ Participation in the Examination
From the Announcement of the Entrance Exam Results to the Reg Over Girls’ Participation in the Examination

With the announcement of the 2024 academic year entrance exam results, several girls who have been deprived of education have expressed their criticism regarding the absence of female candidates in the examination. They assert that, alongside their male counterparts, opportunities for education and training must be made available to girls, enabling them to contribute effectively and actively to society as equal members.

According to the results announced by the Examination Department of the university Entrance Examination, Atal Khan Rahimzoy from Habibia High School in Kabul has achieved a score of 359.61 out of 360, securing the top position in the general entrance exam and earning admission to Kabul Medical University.

In previous years, girls have consistently demonstrated the ability to achieve outstanding results in the entrance exam. Salgai Baran, Shamsia Alizada, Tahmina Payanda, and Shohra Qaderi are among the girls who have attained top ranks in the entrance examinations. However, this year, as in the past two years, no girl participated in the examination.

Mehrmah Noori, one of the students who has been unable to participate in the entrance examination for the third consecutive year due to the imposition of restrictions, shares her concerns about the future, much like thousands of other girls.

She expresses, “Like two years ago, today, upon the news of the entrance exam results and discovering that no girl was among the successful candidates my pain was reignited. My heart aches for myself and others like me, lamenting the injustice faced simply for being a girl, as our fundamental rights, including the right to education, are stripped away. This suffering is unbearable for all of us.”

This marks the third consecutive year that the entrance examination is held without the participation of girls, resulting in hundreds of female students being denied the opportunity to take the test.

Mozhgan Karimi, another student who has been excluded from the entrance examination, laments, “After twelve years of studying in school and simultaneously preparing for the entrance exam, I now find myself sitting in a corner of my home, filled with regret for not being among the successful candidates simply due to being a girl. This is not our right; just as boys have their rights, we too deserve the opportunity to study and pursue our goals.”

Following the imposition of restrictions against girls’ right to education in Afghanistan, this marks the third consecutive year that girls have been unable to participate in the entrance examination for university admission. Several of these students assert that the fate of girls should be regarded as significant as that of their male counterparts, urging authorities to lift the educational restrictions imposed upon them.

  • نویسنده : Afghanistan Women News Agency
  • منبع خبر : Afghanistan Women News Agency