For class 12, out of the total marks 40 marks exam is going be conducted via.online medium

Kathmandu. After a long period of homework, the postponed class 12 examination will be held online for 40 marks of total integer. The National Examination Board (NEB) has recommended the government to conduct online examination of 40 marks out of 100 integers, experimental marks of 20 marks and total marks of class 11 in the remaining 40 marks.

The decision will be implemented after the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology sends a proposal to the Council of Ministers for approval of this mixed format examination. According to a ministry official, the government will take a decision soon as per the board’s recommendation. The government has already issued Student Learning Facilitation Directive-2077 so that those who do not have access to online can use other means of information technology as well.

Krishna Prasad Sharma, Controller of Examinations for Class 11 and 12 of the Board, said that if other alternatives are not possible, the schedule of online examination for 40 marks will be published after the government decides on this option. When taking the exam online, students will be able to use the textbooks and resources even if they have to prepare the answers in a timely manner from their place of residence. As there will be no examination center, guards and security personnel, it will be an open examination in a way.

Comptroller Sharma said that in the current situation, it is unlikely that the examination will be held ten years ahead. Earlier, the Board of Secondary Education Examination (SEE) class 10 has been verified by the board based on the decision of the government and it has been decided that class 11 will also be certified through the same process. As there is a final examination at the secondary level and it should also have international recognition, the board has suggested the option of conducting the examination in a mixed format. The ministry had formed a separate task force comprising ministry officials and board officials to suggest the examination.

After the implementation of the Education Act (2028) (Eighth Amendment) 2073 BS, the then Higher Secondary Education Council was disbanded and transformed into the National Examination Board. The work related to school permit, scholarship, school operation will be managed from the local level and the work related to curriculum development, development and equivalence determination will be done by the curriculum development center.

While preparations are being made to conduct the 10th and 11th class examinations at the state and local levels by preparing a legal framework, this year’s corona has automatically gone for internal evaluation due to the epidemic and policy and legal arrangements are being prepared for its management from next year. Constitutionally, the operation and management of secondary education is under the jurisdiction of the local level and the establishment of examination mechanism accordingly has been delayed.