5 more days to reach agreement on School Education Bill

Kathmandu – The Education, Science and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives has given the government 5 days to reach an agreement on the School Education Bill.

In the committee meeting held today, lawmakers demanded that the bill be passed today, but Education Minister Raghuji Panta is said to have sought additional time.Accordingly, committee chairman Ammar Bahadur Thapa has given time to reach an agreement within 5 days.

Earlier, on Asad 16, the committee meeting was postponed at the request of the Education Minister. Minister Panta has again requested time, saying that negotiations with the Teachers’ Federation are ongoing. As a result, the School Education Bill could not be passed by the committee at the last minute due to the inability to reach an agreement on some issues.

Secondary Education Examination (SEE) started today

The Secondary Education Examination (SEE), which has not been held for two years due to the corona epidemic, has started from today. In the academic session 2076 and 2077, the results were made public by the National Examination Board on the basis of school evaluation. This time, on the basis of the question paper prepared by the board, the students are taking the exam from a certain examination center like two years ago. 514,760 students are participating in 2,007 examination centers across the country.

4,88,742 are appearing for the regular examination and 11,454 for the grade promotion. The students taking the grade promotion exam are from two years ago. In the last two years, when the results were published on the basis of internal assessment, there was no opportunity for grade promotion. 14,564 students from 299 technical schools are also participating.
The board has stated that the results will be made public before the start of the academic session of class 11 from July 17. The board has given the responsibility of sending the answer scripts to the states after completing the work of examination and review. The State Board will work in coordination with the State Office. There will be an examination coordination committee under the coordination of the secretary of the ministry of social development and a district examination coordination committee under the chairmanship of the chief district officer in the district.

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