11 June 2020, Kathmandu
The government has decided to cancel SEE as the national level exam from this year’s Secondary Education Examination (SEE).
The decision to this effect was made at a cabinet meeting held Wednesday evening. Students this year could not appear for the SEE due to the global coronavirus pandemic that has affected Nepal as well.
Students, who could not sit in the SEE due to coronavirus, will be upgraded or given the grade on the basis of their internal performance this year. The respective schools will evaluate internally, according to the decision.
The Ministry of Education had earlier proposed to cancel the provision of SEE in Grade 10. The ministry had also suggested amendment in the constitution to annul the SEE provision to take the SEE in Grade 12.
The Education Ministry is make public the decision on Thursday by holding a press conference.
It should be recalled that the government had on March 19 decided to postpone the SEE scheduled to be conducted from March 20 due to the risk of possible coronavirus outbreak then.
A total of 482,219 students across the country were set to sit for the SEE this year.
