SEE exam to begin from Chaitra 19 with strict entry trules, mass monitoring banned

Bhaktapur: The National Examination Board has announced that preparations for the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) starting from Chaitra 19 have been completed. The exam will commence simultaneously at 8:00 am across all examination centers nationwide.

This year, a total of 512,421 students will participate in the SEE examination, which will run from Chaitra 19 to 29, according to Tukraj Adhikari, Examination Controller for Class 10. Of these, 441,566 students will appear in the regular stream, while 70,855 will take the grade increase stream. Female students outnumber male participants, with 257,613 girls, 254,801 boys, and seven others registered for the exam. Additionally, 23 students will appear from a center in Japan.

Provincial participation is as follows: Koshi – 82,487, Madhes – 90,243, Bagmati – 109,513, Gandaki – 43,972, Lumbini – 91,802, Karnali – 39,769, and Sudurpaschim – 54,635. A total of 1,966 examination centers have been designated across the country, with students from 11,379 schools participating.

The exam schedule is as follows: compulsory English on Chaitra 19, compulsory Nepali on Chaitra 20, compulsory Mathematics on Chaitra 22, Science and Technology on Chaitra 23, Social Studies on Chaitra 24, all subjects of the optional first section on Chaitra 25, all subjects of the optional second section on Chaitra 26, and remaining technical stream subjects on Chaitra 27, 28, and 29.

Mass monitoring of the SEE exam has been banned this year. The board made the decision after complaints that representatives of various organizations disrupted examinees while monitoring inside exam halls. Monitoring will now be conducted only outside examination centers by official representatives of the District Examination Coordination Committee under the Chief District Officer. Journalists are allowed to film or photograph only outside the centers, while monitoring inside the halls will be conducted solely by the center head and the designated representative. The board has urged all stakeholders to avoid distracting students by filming inside the exam hall or sharing content on social media.

Question papers have been delivered to all seven provinces. The papers, printed at Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra Limited, were transported with the assistance of security forces. Different question papers have been prepared for each province for all six compulsory subjects. In case of a leak, only the concerned subject in the affected province will be canceled and reprinted.

Security arrangements include mobilization of personnel at each center as determined by the District Examination Committee. Each center will have 15 police officers, one center head, one assistant center head, one invigilator per 20 students, one office assistant per 100 students, and two additional employees to ensure smooth conduct of the exams.