Nepal Completes Preparations for Secondary Education Examination (SEE)

Kathmandu. All preparations for the Secondary Education Examination (SEE), set to begin on Thursday, have been finalized. Bishnu Prasad Gyawali, Deputy Controller of the National Examination Board's Office of the Controller of Examinations (Class 10), confirmed that all arrangements for the exam, which starts at 8:00 AM, are complete.

This year, 512,471 students are participating in the examination. A total of 1,966 examination centers have been designated, including 1,965 across the country and one in Japan. Deputy Controller Gyawali stated that students from 11,379 schools are taking part.

Kathmandu has the highest number of examinees, while Manang has the lowest. According to Gyawali, 41,155 students will take the exam from 135 centers in Kathmandu. Manang has only one center with 37 students, while the center in Japan will host 23 students.

This year, 65,895 students are also participating for grade improvement. Students who failed once are provided with at least three opportunities to retake the exam. Students who participated in the regular examination in 2079 BS but have not yet passed are also eligible to participate this time.

According to Deputy Controller Gyawali, arrangements have been made for students in juvenile detention centers to take the exam through the nearest examination center. The center superintendent will send an invigilator with question papers and answer sheets to conduct the exam within the detention center.

Once the exam concludes, answer sheets from the same center will be graded alongside others, while those from different centers will be packed separately and sent to the Office of the Controller of Examinations.

Special provisions have been made for students with disabilities. Depending on the nature of their disability, extra time and writing assistants are provided. They will be granted an additional 1 hour and 30 minutes for the 3-hour exam.

For students unable to write themselves, writing assistants will be provided from students currently studying up to grade 9. Schools must certify the assistants with photos, and separate classroom arrangements will be made for them.

Since the exam starts at 8:00 AM, students are advised to reach the center by 7:30 AM at the latest. They are also requested to bring their admit cards and necessary writing materials, while avoiding prohibited items like mobile phones, and to take the exam with confidence.

• Results to be published within a month

The Office of the Controller of Examinations is accelerating preparations with the goal of publishing this year's SEE results within a month. Deputy Controller Gyawali clarified that it will not take months to publish results as in the past, as the government has directed for faster processing.

This time, preparations have been made to grade answer sheets at the examination centers themselves. Examiners and co-examiners will grade the papers on the same day, and mark sheets will be sent to the Education Development and Coordination Unit.

The Education Development and Coordination Unit will send these mark sheets to the Office of the Controller of Examinations within the stipulated time. It is believed that this process will allow results to be obtained within at least one month.

The Office of the Controller of Examinations has also announced stricter monitoring this year to prevent unnecessary crowding in classrooms that could disturb examinees. The office has requested students to immediately inform invigilators if any issues arise during the examination period.