Students Protest Erroneous Class 12 Exam Results Demanding Re-evaluation

Kathmandu. Students have started street protests expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Class 12 exam results published by the National Examination Board. On Thursday, students staged a sit-in protest at Maitighar in Kathmandu, raising serious questions about the credibility of the exam results. Their complaint is that despite performing very well in the exam, they received much lower grades than expected. The protesting students have put forward the demand for re-examination of answer sheets, stating that the results are not satisfactory.

Student Ranjit Karki, who participated in the protest, complained that he did not receive marks commensurate with what he wrote in the exam. He accused the board of extreme negligence in the evaluation process in its haste to publish the results quickly. Karki questioned in anger, 'Our answer sheets must be re-examined. Currently, we have not received marks according to what we wrote in the exam. Students who achieved good results have also received low grades. This is playing with the future of students. Why are you playing with the future of students in the name of publishing results in one month? The results have been published quickly, we need to be informed on what criteria they were published. Re-examination of answer sheets should be free.' He stated that it is sheer injustice to charge a fee again for re-examination when it is not the students' fault. Similarly, another student Smriti Khatiwada also mentioned widespread dissatisfaction with the published results. She said that even many students who passed were not happy with their results. She argued that this problem cannot be solved merely by re-totalling the results, and that the answer sheets must be re-checked. Khatiwada said, 'Even most of the students who passed have shown dissatisfaction with the results. They have not received marks as they wrote, the government must answer us why this happened. Re-totalling is not enough, our answer sheets must be re-checked. Only then will the reality come out.' The protesting students have accused the National Examination Board of playing with the hard work and future of students by publishing erroneous exam results. They demand that the board immediately stop the practice of making mistakes itself and then imposing further financial burden on students by charging them again for re-examination as a penalty. Claiming that some students have even committed suicide due to the erroneous exam results, the protesters expressed serious concern. Those participating in the Maitighar protest demonstrated holding placards with slogans such as '12 years of hard work wasted? Who is responsible? Answer!', 'Our future is ruined, where should we go for justice?', and 'Unfair Result.'