LASHKARGAH (SW): Officials at the Education Department in southern province Helmand said that 59 percent of school graduates have been deprived of university entrance exam due to insecurity in the province.
Abdul Matin Jafar, Head of Education Department said that this year 2,568 students have been graduated from schools out of which 450 are girls.
He said that out of the number mentioned, only 1062 students would participate in this year Kankor exam and the rest 1056 graduates couldn’t participate the exam due to insecurity.
According to some reports, last year nearly 1500 school graduates participated the exam out of which 800 graduates made it to different faculties.
Abdul Matin Jafar said that if the security situation was good as in the previous years, more students could participate the entrance exam.
The reports suggest that out of 320 schools across the province, 150 schools are closed to the students.
Abdul Matin Jafar added that due to increasing insecurity over the past months, schools have been closed in a number of districts in Helmand which has deprived students of education.
He further said that they have managed to reopen a number of schools in the province.
The delegation sent to the province by Ministry of Higher Education to monitor the university entrance exam, said that they would do their best to hold a transparent Kankor exam.
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