INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BHAKTAPUR, APRIL 22This year's Secondary Education Examinations began today with a
total of 414,967 regular students taking exams.
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According to National Examinations Board, students are taking their
exams across the nation from 2,007 examination centres.
Examinations Controller Arjun Rayamajhi shared that a total of
157,914 boys and 257,053 girls are sitting for their exams from 11,615 schools across the country.In the past two years, the board had
announced the SEE results based on the schools' internal assessment citing the inconvenience caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
But, the students are appearing in the examinations in person this year.Likewise, 14,564 students from grade promotion and technical streams
are also attending the exams.According to Rayamajhi, Manang with only 43 students, is the district with least number of students appearing
for SEE.Similarly, 20 students from a school run by Nepalis in Japan are also appearing in the exams this year.Chairman of National
Examinations Board Mahashram Sharma stated that the Province Examinations Management Committee from this year would carry out the tasks of
monitoring of examinations, evaluation and reevaluation of answer-sheets, and their review.District examinations coordination committees
have been mobilised from the province examinations management committees, it is said.Sharma said the Board has planned to announce the SEE
results before mid-July considering the beginning of academic session for Grade XI students though the SEE started a month later than the
usual time.A version of this article appears in the print on April 23, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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