Secondary Education Examination (SEE) Begins Across Nepal

Kathmandu. The Secondary Education Examination (SEE) begins today. According to Bishnu Prasad Gyawali, Deputy Controller of the National Examination Board's Office of the Controller of Examinations (Grade 10), the first day of the examination features the compulsory English subject.

 Similarly, the examination for compulsory Nepali will be held on Chaitra 20, compulsory Mathematics on the 22nd, Science and Technology on the 23rd, Social Studies on the 24th, all optional first-part subjects on the 25th, all optional second-part subjects on the 26th, and the remaining technical stream subjects will be conducted on Chaitra 27, 28, and 29.

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 a total of 11,379 schools are participating in the examination. 

Kathmandu has the highest number of examinees, while Manang has the lowest. According to Gyawali, 41,155 students are taking the exam from 135 examination centers in Kathmandu. Manang has the fewest, with only one examination center where 37 students will take the exam. A total of 23 students will participate from the center in Japan.

This year, 65,895 students are also participating in the grade improvement examination. Students who have failed once are provided the opportunity to take the exam at least three times. Students who participated in the regular examination in 2079 BS and have not yet passed are also participating this time.

According to Deputy Controller Gyawali, arrangements have been made for students in juvenile correction homes to take the exam through the nearest examination center. The center superintendent of the examination center near the correction home is tasked with sending an invigilator with question papers and answer sheets to conduct the exam within the home. 
After the examination, if the collected answer sheets belong to students of that center, they will be graded along with other examinees; if they belong to a different center, they will be packed separately and sent to the Office of the Controller of Examinations.

Special arrangements have also been made for students with special needs and disabilities. Depending on the nature of the disability, additional time and writing assistants have been provided. They will be given an additional 1 hour and 30 minutes for the 3-hour examination. 
For students unable to write themselves, a student studying up to grade 9 will be provided as a writing assistant. The school must certify the writing assistant with a photograph, and arrangements have been made for them to take the exam in a separate room.

The examination will begin at 8:00 AM. Students are requested to bring their admit cards and necessary writing materials, refrain from bringing prohibited items such as mobile phones, and take the exam with confidence.

The Office of the Controller of Examinations has stated that it has intensified preparations with the goal of publishing the results of this year's SEE within one month.