Free Duolingo English Test coupons

Almost every international university asks applicants to certify their English. For an Afghan student, the test fee alone can exceed a month of household income, and sitting an in-person exam may not be possible at all. The Duolingo English Test can be taken at home on a laptop — which makes a donated coupon one of the cheapest, highest-leverage things anyone can give an Afghan applicant.

Coupons are awarded through an open application process. AYLA reviews academic readiness, financial need and the concrete plan a student has for using the score, then allocates the coupons a round has available.

• Round 1 — 10 candidates received coupons; 9 completed the test
• Round 2 — 9 students sat and passed with their allocated coupons
• Round 3 — 20 applicants passed, funded entirely by individual donors
• Round 4 — 4 applicants selected through the application process took the test

Alongside the Duolingo initiative, AYLA's German language teachers have offered to cover B1 and B2 examination fees for students in their classes who are working toward study in Germany and Austria.

Individual sponsors have funded whole rounds of this initiative. If you would like to cover coupons for the next cohort, or you work with a testing body that can donate them, get in touch — this is the request we are asked for most often by students and the one we can act on fastest.