May 28,2025
Dear Bill,
I hope you are doing well; I am doing fine too.
The daily activities of Congress 60 are progressing smoothly.
I will send you the exact statistics regarding the guide exam in Congress 60, and I will try to send the answers to the remaining questions soon.
The results of the nationwide DST guide and newcomer guide exams of Congress 60, held simultaneously in 118 centers across the country, are as follows:
Total participants: 12,435 people, including:
- Female travelers: 300 people (2.41%)
- Male travelers: 7,167 people (57.63%)
- Female companions: 4,748 people (38.44%)
- Male companions: 200 people (1.6%)
Total successful DST guides (orange shawl): 1,879 people (15.11% of participants), including:
- Female travelers: 69 people (3.67% of successful candidates)
- Male travelers: 933 people (52.83% of successful candidates)
- Female companions: 768 people (40.87% of successful candidates)
- Male companions: 49 people (2.6% of successful candidates)
Newcomer guides (fluorescent green shawl): 1,623 successful candidates (13.05% of participants), including:
- Female travelers: 57 people (3.51%)
- Male travelers: 799 people (49.22%)
- Female companions: 733 people (45.16%)
- Male companions: 34 people (2.09%)
Dear Bill,
The number of participants and successful candidates in the above statistics reflects the composition of Congress 60 and shows the proportion of male travelers compared to female travelers, female companions, and male companions. It also demonstrates that Congress 60 guides, whether in large cities or small towns, have a consistent level of education and knowledge. This means we should not assume that those in remote areas have less knowledge, as the nationwide exam and passing criteria are uniform.
May you stand as tall as the mountains.
Your eternal friend and brother on earth and in the heavens,
Hossein