Yazidi students achieve highest marks in Iraq entrance exams to universities
Despite difficulties in refugee camps, Yazidi students achieved the highest marks on the entrance exams to Iraqi universities.
SINJAR, Iraq — Despite the unimaginable suffering of Yazidis in refugee camps, the results of the baccalaureate exams in Iraq, announced Oct. 7, showed that 25 Yazidis ranked among the top students, with grades qualifying them for medical and engineering schools.
Heba Qassim and Nawaf Elias, two Yazidi students living in a displaced camp in northern Iraq, ranked first and second, respectively, in Iraq.
Iraq’s Yazidis were subjected to genocide in their areas at the hands of the Islamic State (IS) in 2014, which caused them to flee the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and other neighboring areas and settle in refugee camps that lack basic necessities.
This has adversely affected several aspects of life for Yazidis, namely education, with the lack of a suitable environment for studying.
