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Over 11,000 university applicants sit the Kankor in Herat province
More than 11,000 applicants sat the national university entrance exam – known as the Kankor – on Thursday in Herat province, officials confirmed.
Education authorities said of these 11,000 plus students, 56 percent were women.
According to officials from the General Committee for Entrance Examinations, the Kankor has been held in 25 provinces of the country so far and the process is continuing rapidly.
They said about 190,000 applications were received from across the country, of which 60,000 are likely to be admitted to the country’s universities.
Herat University officials also say that this year, about 5,000 of the province’s entrance exam applicants will be admitted to different faculties at the university.
Abdullah Faiz, the dean of Herat University, said the number of female students who have applied in the province this year increased by four percent compared to last year.
Last year Shamsia from Kabul scored the highest marks in the Kankor (353.185) and was accepted to the Kabul Medical University.