NEA Details Recent Advances and Future Plans in Entrance Examination System
KABUL(BNA): As part of the program detailing the achievements of Emirate institutions over the past year, officials from the National Examination Authority (NEA) presented their annual performance report today at the Government Media Center.
During the briefing, Irfanullah Ebad, Head of the Question Bank Regulation Affairs of the NEA, announced that a procedure has been drafted to specialize the entrance examination (Kankor). Discussions are currently ongoing with the Ministries of Education and Higher Education. Once an agreement is reached, specialized examinations will be conducted for 12th-grade graduates in the fields of medicine, science, and social sciences.
Additionally, Ebad highlighted that participants in all three fields will be identified prior to the examination, ensuring that each candidate is tested in their respective field.
He further noted that, for the first time in the history of Afghanistan’s entrance examinations, the NEA has prepared a comprehensive procedure for including descriptive questions.
This procedure has been submitted for approval to the esteemed Supreme Leader, once approved, descriptive questions will be incorporated into the Kankor exam alongside multiple-choice questions.
Moreover, Ebad reported that for the 1403 entrance exams, 97,917 participation cards have been printed, with questions prepared in four languages (Pashto, Dari, English, and Arabic). The examination duration has also been extended from 160 minutes to 4 hours to accommodate the new format.
The NEA also conducted 58 group examinations for various institutions over the past year, resulting in the introduction of 87,103 candidates out of 177,020 to different organizations for recruitment.
Furthermore, secondary units of the NEA have been established for the first time in the zones of Kandahar, Herat, Balkh, Bamyan, Kunduz, Paktia, and Nangarhar.
In addition, the NEA’s key priorities for the current year include taking necessary measures for the 1404 Kankor exams, finalizing the draft law of Afghanistan’s examinations, conducting group exams for institutions, expanding systems, equipping the secondary units across seven zones, and standardizing technical and administrative systems.
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