INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian universities admitted almost twice as many Ukraine war veterans and their children for the upcoming academic year compared to
ordered a 10% university admission quota for war veterans and their children, granting them priority and clearing them for entrance
exams.For the 2024-25 academic year, Russian universities enrolled 14,900 veterans and their children under the presidential quota, almost
universities were admitted despite failing their entrance exams.In the 2023-24 academic year, around 1,000 universities across the country
week that more than 48,000 war veterans, their children, as well as orphans and disabled people, were eligible to enroll in the 2024
far, with state-funded education allocated for more than 620,000 applicants.
