A woman sits on the floor of a classroom, nursing her baby while simultaneously taking a high-stakes exam, as dozens of other students around her do the same. The extraordinary scene, set in a private university in Afghanistan’s Daykundi province, was captured in a compelling photo that went viral on social media. Jahan Taab, 25, was taking an entrance exam — called the Kankor exam — for the social science course at Nasirkhosraw Higher Education Institute in Nilli city when her two-month baby started crying, according to Yahya Erfan, a lecturer at the university who was monitoring the test. So, she left her desk, sat cross-legged on the floor and kept writing up the answers, while taking care of her baby.
Credit: Yahya Erfan & Nasirkhosraw Higher Education Institute
