Nepal’s class 12 pass rate jumps 8.58 points as NEB publishes results in 40 days

The results of the School Leaving Certificate Examination (SLCE), commonly known as the Class 12 board exams, have shown an improvement of 8.58 percentage points compared to last year. In the examinations held from April 27 to May 10, a total of 69.75 percent of students received grades. Last year, the figure stood at 61.17 percent. “There has been an improvement in this year’s results, an increase of 8.58 percent over last year,” says Jang Bahadur Aryal, Member Secretary of the National Examination Board (NEB). “We had provided training from question paper preparation all the way through to evaluation.” Aryal noted that the improvement cannot be attributed to a single factor. “Primarily, students studied hard. Teachers taught well,” he says. “All stakeholders have played an important role in this improvement.” The Board also credited pre-exam preparation using model question papers for the better results. “Improvements in the question papers and the hard work of the schools are responsible,” he adds. The overall score Among regular students, 69.75 percent received grades. Of the 332,241 students who sat the examination, 231,770 were graded and 100,471 were non-graded. The breakdown by GPA range is as follows: 3.61–4.00 GPA: 17,786 students 3.21–3.60 GPA: 64,821 students 2.81–3.20 GPA: 94,249 students 2.41–2.80 GPA: 50,597 students 2.01–2.40 GPA: 4,308 students 1.61–2.00 GPA: 9 students On the partial (compartmental) side, 85,929 students appeared, of whom 36,420, or 42.38 percent, were graded. In total, combining both regular and partial candidates, 418,170 students sat the examination. The combined graded percentage stands at 64.13 percent. The exams of 30 regular students and 10 partial students, 40 in all, were cancelled. The Board has not released province-wise results. Examinations were conducted at a total of 1,421 centres, 1,420 across Nepal and one in Japan. Results published in 40 days The National Examination Board published the results just 40 days after the examination concluded. The government had directed that results be published within 45 days, and the Board managed to do so five days ahead of that deadline. “We worked day and night. The early publication was made possible by everyone’s hard work,” says Member Secretary Aryal. “Answer books were collected and evaluated at examination centres. It was possible because teachers evaluated the answer sheets on time.” By comparison, the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) results, where answer books had been evaluated at the centres themselves, were published in 29 days. Re-totalling applications within one week Students who are dissatisfied with a grade they received can apply for re-totalling through the NEB websit e, within seven days of the result publication, from 11 AM on June 20 to 5 PM on June 26. The re-totalling fee is Rs 1,000 per subject, payable online. Transcripts, migration certificates, and provisional certificates will be available 15 days after the result publication date. Errors can be corrected within six months If any discrepancy appears in the result, such as a student being marked absent or deferred, a wrong subject, an incorrect name, or a wrong registration number, students may submit a written application with supporting documents to the relevant NEB office or to the National Examination Board, Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, within six months of the result publication date. Supplementary examination Regular students who received a grade of D or above in all subjects except a maximum of two, or who were absent in a maximum of two subjects, will be eligible to sit the supplementary (chance) examination. Further details regarding the schedule will be announced separately by the Board. The post Nepal’s class 12 pass rate jumps 8.58 points as NEB publishes results in 40 days appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News .