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Afghan Girls Forced To Take Grade 12 Exams After Being Denied Education For A Year

Dec 7, 2022, 09:03 GMT+0

Afghan female students of Grade 12 are going to attend an exam, on Wednesday, across Afghanistan. The Taliban’s ministry of education announced that all subjects of 12th grade will be included in the exam.

The Taliban is conducting this countrywide one-day exam even though the group has not allowed Afghan girls in secondary and higher education to attend classes at schools for the past 15 months.

According to the ministry's statement, 140 questions from all subjects taught in 12th grade will be included in the exam, and those who pass the exam will be allowed to appear in the annual university entrance exam (Kankoor) in Afghanistan.

The Taliban has asked the students to wear proper hijab during the exam.

Female students criticised the move saying that they have been forced to take the exam without any preparation.

A number of these students have said that the Taliban have deprived them of education for more than a year and now they want to remove the girls completely from Afghan universities.

In the last one year, despite the criticism of Afghan citizens and the international community regarding the opening of the girls' school, the Taliban have not responded positively.

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After Over A Year School Ban, Girls Asked To Attend 12th Grade Exams in Afghanistan

Dec 5, 2022, 14:18 GMT+0

The Taliban’s ministry of education will hold an exam for Afghan girls of the 12th grade on Wednesday. Sources said that the exam will be similar to the university entrance exam, but the questions will be chosen from 12th-grade subjects.

The new development with schoolgirls in 12th grade happens as the Taliban has closed schools for girls in secondary and higher education since August 2021.

Afghanistan International sources said that female students have been asked to contact their schools on Monday to register for the exam along with a photograph, ID card, and 600 Afghanis fees.

A teacher from Kabul said that students have been asked to show up in schools with the strict hijab required by the Taliban, otherwise they will not be allowed to take the exam.

After entering Kabul on August 15, 2021, the Taliban prevented the reopening of girls' schools in Afghanistan.

In the past 440 days, this group refused to accept domestic and international requests to open the gates of girls' schools.

The students in 12th grade are asked to attend the exam, while they have not been able to study the 12th grade or attend classes in the past one year in Afghanistan.