2025

Two years ago we put nine universities in one hall because a teacher in Chamchamal told us her students were choosing a degree from a photocopied list. This year there are 28 institutions, and the list has been replaced by people who can be asked follow-up questions.

What changed most this year is money. Cost is the first question every parent asks and the last thing anybody publishes clearly. The scholarship desk exists so that a student can find out, in one conversation, whether the programme they want is affordable and what documents they need before the deadline.

We also stopped treating vocational programmes as the consolation prize. A technician who finishes a two-year diploma and earns from the first month is not behind anyone. This year the technical institutes stand in the same hall, the same size of booth.