MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): About 3,000 girls and boys participated in the entry test for midwifery and nursing courses in northern Balkh province.
Girls and boys from Balkh, Samangan, Jawzjan, Sar-i-Pul and Faryab participated in the entrance test.
Najibullah Tawana, director of public health, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 3000 individuals participated in the examination, most of them were girls.
According to him, 350 of them would be trained as midwives and nurses.
Tawana said that these people would return to their native areas after completing the two-year program and would be capable of providing health . . .
