SEE English exams concludes peacefully nationwide

Kathmandu, April 3: The Secondary Education Examination (SEE) in compulsory English concluded peacefully across the country on Thursday, the first day of exams. 

According to the National Examination Board, all examination centers completed the compulsory English examination. “Overall, the exam of compulsory English has been completed peacefully across the country as per our schedule. We have received positive reports from all examination centres,” Tuka Raj Adhikari, controller of the NEB, stated.

Talking to The Rising Nepal, Adhikari said that despite the tight schedule due to the March 5 election, SEE has started in a peaceful manner.

According to Adhikari, examining the answer sheets has began at the designated exam centres on Thursday evening.

There have been reports that checking of answer copies began at examination centres in many districts on Thursday evening, said Adhikari.

“The District Education and Coordination Unit will decide about those exam centres where testing cannot be conducted due to security or various reasons," said controller Adhikari.

Likewise, Laxmi Marasini, Information Officer at the NEB, informed that most of the exam centres have started the checking process on Thursday evening.

With this, the SEE directives issued by Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Sashmit Pokharel, on Wednesday have come into effect. In accordance with the same guidelines, examining the answer sheets started on Thursday evening, and the results are expected to be made public within a month.

According to the new directives, examiners are now required to stay overnight at exam centers to evaluate answer papers. This rapid testing format is the first in the history of the SEE.

The new directive introduces a revised method for assessing answer copies, which is expected to enable the release of SEE results within a month. Adhikari said that this new approach, along with the assessment process, will also change how results are published this time.

The directive issued on Wednesday includes guidelines for publishing results as well. Section 12 specifies that results can be released at the provincial level.

For this year’s SEE, 1966 examination centres were designated. Students will sit for the compulsory Nepali exam on Friday.